Newcastle United

11 goals in 12 appearances. 🔥

Alexander Isak. A man in red hot form.

Solid as a rock at the back.

Love it, Fab. 👊

FOUR WINS IN A ROW! 🤩

Alexander Isak just keeps on scoring. 🇸🇪🥶

The ball is worked out to Murph down the right and he plays a lovely drilled ball across the area for Isak who taps in from close-range. YESSS! 🙌

Anthony Gordon's crossing has improved dramatically in recent weeks.

Clearly something he's been working on.

Every ball in is whipped in with pace and so precise.

#NUFC

🍿 Anthony Gordon's last FIVE starts for Newcastle:

⚽️ 🆚 Liverpool
🎯 🆚 Leicester
🎯 🆚 Brentford
🎯 🆚 Ipswich
⚽️ 🆚 Aston Villa 🆕

WHAT A START! 😍

Joelinton drives forward before releasing the ball to AG10 and he does the rest - curling an absolute beauty into the top right corner. GET IN! 💫

HOWAY THE LADS! 👊

Happy Hanukkhah! 🕎

Taking on Aston Villa on Boxing Day! 🥊

🚨 - EXCLUSIVE - #NUFC transfer plan & shortlist for 2025. ✍🏼💣

Vlachodimos, Targett, Trippier, Hayden and Almiron are all available for transfer.

Dubravka (out of contract in summer) will either leave for nominal fee in January or on a free at the expiry of his deal. Club have extended Longstaff’s contract unannounced to protect their asset, he’s also likely to leave in the not-too-distant future.

Schar and Krafth will almost certainly sign contract extensions in the near future, keeping them on Tyneside past the expiry of their current deals in the summer. On the other hand, Ruddy, Gillespie, Lascelles and Wilson are set to run down their deals and leave on frees in the summer.

An inevitable “mini rebuild” is on the horizon in an attempt to reduce the average age & improve the depth and quality of our squad, with six signings projected over the next two windows (one or two max in January to facilitate an active summer PSR-wise) - consisting of one incoming from each position identified below:

GK (Pope backup/future replacement):

James Trafford - Burnley (22yo, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

Mads Hermansen - Leicester (24yo, 🇩🇰)
Potential fee ≈ £35-40m 💰

Marco Carnesecchi - Atalanta (24yo,🇮🇹)
Potential fee ≈ £35-40m 💰

Marcin Bulka - Nice (25yo, 🇵🇱)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

RCB (Schar backup/future replacement):

Bargains:

Abdukodir Khusanov - Lens (20yo, 🇺🇿)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

Juma Bah - Valladolid (18yo, 🇸🇱)
Potential fee ≈ £10-15m 💰

Joel Ordonez - Brugge (20yo, 🇪🇨)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

Premiums:

Malick Thiaw - Milan (23yo, 🇩🇪)
Potential fee ≈ £30-35m 💰

Ousmane Diomande - SCP (21yo, 🇨🇮)
Potential fee ≈ £45-50m 💰

Zeno Debast - SCP (21yo, 🇧🇪)
Potential fee ≈ £30-35m 💰

Note - Miodrag Pivas (19yo, 🇷🇸) not getting game time on loan at Willem II - Paul Mitchell unimpressed and considering January recall.

RB (Tino backup/Trippier replacement):

Marc Pubill - Almeria (21yo, 🇪🇸)
Potential fee ≈ £5-10m 💰

Michael Kayode - Fiorentina (20yo, 🇮🇹)
Potential fee ≈ £20-30m 💰

LCM/AM (Joelinton backup/future replacement):

Ibrahim Maza - Hertha Berlin (19yo, 🇩🇿)
Potential fee ≈ £10-15m 💰

Carney Chukwuemeka - CFC (21yo, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

RW (first-XI quality, young):

Roger Fernandes - Braga (19yo, 🇵🇹)
Potential fee = £20-30m 💰

Maghnes Akliouche - Monaco (22yo,🇫🇷)
Potential fee = £40-45m 💰

Johan Bakayoko - PSV (21yo, 🇧🇪)
Potential fee ≈ £30-40m 💰

Tyler Dibling - Southampton (18yo, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
Potential fee = £45-50m 💰

CF (young Isak backup/Wilson replacement):

Norman Bassette - Coventry (20yo, 🇧🇪)
Potential fee ≈ £10-15m 💰

Sindre Walle Egeli - FCN (18yo, 🇳🇴)
Potential fee ≈ £15-20m 💰

Eddie Howe on Jacob Murphy:

“Jacob is very selfless, he always plays for the team, really takes a buzz out of creating a goal, he has always been that way. Those qualities every team needs.”

Eddie Howe on the festive schedule:

“Every reason for us to be excited about those games [against Aston Villa, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur], I have been really pleased with how we have played in recent games, and I think we need to take that into the next week. We have some brilliant games on paper for everyone to attack and enjoy.”

Eddie Howe on Aston Villa:

“We had two games against Aston Villa last season. This will be a really good challenge for us. I think they have good depth in their squad, they have some really good players. Their style is very difficult to play against, very well coached, very well drilled.”

Eddie Howe on team-news:

“Joe [Willock] is fine. To keep Joe fit for a sustained spell is now really important for him to get back to his very best level - it will take him a period of games. Nick [Pope] is doing okay, he has had a couple of injections in his knee, quite when he will be fit it is still difficult to give a definitive date.”

🎙️ Eddie Howe speaks to the media ahead of #NEWAVL.

You can watch today's press conference as live on the Official Newcastle United App now. 📲