The unexpected signing Newcastle could still pursue this summer

If you were to ask any Newcastle fan what their transfer wishlist for this summer looked like, you’d be hard pushed to find any that didn’t include a CB, RW  and ST. Thankfully, it’s seemingly also a view shared by the club if reliable sources are to be believed.

The news that Eddie Howe’s loyalty to Callum Wilson may be extended for another year is a point of contention and discussion for another time, but in central defence, German international Malick Thiaw’s arrival will hopefully come through if we can agree to a compromise with AC Milan.

 Amidst numerous links to various wide attackers, the fact the club were prepared to meet Michael Olise’s release clause before he chose Bayern is surely a positive indicator that RW is a position the club are seriously targeting.

However, it’s the midfield that is very much an area of intrigue. An area of the team decimated more than any for most of last last season, is set for a monumental boost in quality with the return of Sandro Tonali, Joelinton and Joe Willock.

 In true Newcastle United style, that has been offset by the reluctant departure of Elliot Anderson to satisfy the murky nonsense of PSR, and an injury to Lewis Miley who will be out until late September/early October.

There’s also the ongoing question marks over Sean Longstaff. Brilliant the season we finished 4th, his value to the team in the eyes of most fans seemingly increased with his absence at the start of last season, only for it to spectacularly fall off a cliff again with a string of poor performances whilst playing with pain killing injections. Whatever your opinion on Longstaff, the fact that he only has a year left on his contract with no sign of a new deal imminent, makes his sale this summer make perfect business sense. On a purely footballing level however, even his harshest critics would surely acknowledge that his departure would leave the squad light on numbers, and without a player who scored 8 goals last…

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Author : Jamie Elliott

Publish date : 2024-07-29 15:19:06

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