Now we’ve passed the PSR deadline and left June behind, it promises to be a busy July and August for Newcastle, who will have much more room for manoeuvre as we switch the focus from outgoings to incomings.
Today marks a new financial year, which means new commercial deals money kick in, as does the Champions League money earned from our fourth-placed finish in 2022/23 and the European campaign that followed.
So, which areas will we target and who could now sign after a chaotic weekend of sales saw us raise £68m from Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson?
Before we get to the three key positions – CB, RW, ST – it’s worth noting that we’ve signed TWO goalkeepers today. Odysseas Vlachodimos has arrived from Nottingham Forest following his medical on Sunday and could replace Martin Dubravka as back-up to Nick Pope if we don’t revisit deals for James Trafford Giorgi Mamardashvili. John Ruddy has also signed on a free, with the 37-year-old set to replace Loris Karius as our third-choice option who’ll rarely play but add experience and another option for training sessions.
Now for the big moves, we start at right-sided centre-back; a position that’s yet to be filled after free agent Tosin Adarabioyo snubbed St James’ Park for St James’ Park last month. There’s a feeling we’ll now fast-track plans to sign a quality young option who can push Fabian Schar before becoming Sven Botman’s long-term partner. Based on that, it makes total sense that Newcastle have reignited their interest in Malick Thiaw; the 22-year-old German who AC Milan might just sell for £30-35m. Other names continually linked include Sporting Lisbon’s Ousmane Diomande, while a player-plus-cash bid was made for Wolves’ Max Kilman the weekend before last.
Up next comes the big one – a new right winger. We need an upgrade on Miguel Almiron and are under pressure to get this signing right after reluctantly cashing in on Yankuba Minteh. Michael Olise is off the list now…
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Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-07-01 13:35:35
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