Many other teams are showing a lot of interest in the youthful midfield player.
The Daily Mail reported earlier this month that the Premier League team had observed the 21-year-old during his club’s League Cup match against Chelsea.
Interest in Hackney has already grown due to his Middlesbrough form.
Hackney joined the club’s development programme and during the last two seasons, he has emerged as one of Middlesbrough’s important players.
The midfield player has made 64 appearances for the Championship team across all competitions, tallying five goals and dishing out five assists during that span.
That has already attracted some considerable attention from the Premier League, with previous reports from The Daily Mail claiming that Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City are all interested in the 21-year-old.
Now however, it seems as though interest in the Middlesbrough man from clubs in the top-flight of English football is growing even further.
Newcastle enter race for Hackney signing
According to this latest update from The Daily Mail, Newcastle monitored Hackney, during the first leg of Middlesbrough’s League Cup semi-final with Chelsea earlier this
The midfielder scored the only goal of that game at The Riverside Stadium, to give ‘Boro a slender advantage ahead of the second leg at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night. But despite that, it seems as though there is little chance of a move happening in this month’s transfer window, with it claimed that any deal is more likely to happen in the summer.
As things stand, there are still three-and-a-half years remaining on Hackney’s contract with Middlesbrough, securing his future at the Riverside Stadium until the end of next season. Consequently, ‘Boro do have plenty of scope to negotiate any offers that might come in for the 21-year-old in the near future. Middlesbrough chasing step-up to Premier League themselves There is still the chance that Hackney could get the chance to step-up to the Premier League with Middlesbrough, if he stays there until the end of the season.
Michael Carrick’s side currently sit tenth in the Championship table, just a point adrift of the top six, meaning they are far from out of the race for a play-off place, with 19 games of the regular season still to go.
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