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Newcastle United have started the summer with four signings. We’ve triggered Lewis Hall’s £28m permanent move, secured a very handy free transfer in Lloyd Kelly and brought in two back-up goalkeepers in Odysseas Vlachodimos and John Ruddy.
All make sense in their own way, but it’s fair to say our summer is yet to take off. However, with last month’s PSR scramble out of the way, Minteh and Anderson sold and major tournaments finally coming to an end following the Euro and Copa America finals on Sunday, I fully expect things to pick up over the next week or two.
We’ve kept spending to a minimum so far, with three of our four buys arriving without a transfer fee, but we’re one month away from the 2024/25 season kicking off and still at least three key signings short heading into a huge campaign for Eddie Howe’s Newcastle.
The window always picks up from July onwards, but the completion of Euro 2024 and Copa America could be a catalyst for activity, not to mention the fact new sporting director Paul Mitchell is now on Tyneside and finalising transfer plans before we make formal moves.
A young, right-sided centre-back able to push Fabian Schar and eventually replace Sven Botman is wanted – and needed with Jamaal Lascelles still recovering from an ACL. A right-winger is the big one to offer an upgrade on Miguel Almiron and Jacob Murphy and should take up the majority of our summer budget, while a striker to keep Alexander Isak on his toes is the other one to watch, with Callum Wilson tipped to depart now he’s entered the final 12 months of his contract.
It’s been a quiet two weeks since June ended with that chaotic PSR scramble that saw us sell Minteh and Anderson, but this very much feels like the calm before the storm as Newcastle enter a crucial stage of the summer window and opportunity to land key targets in good time for the new season, with Howe always keen to blood in new recruits well before the campaign kicks off.
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Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-07-15 18:09:38
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