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Newcastle have already made plans for subsequent yr’s pre-season schedule, with experiences right now revealing a fixture set to happen in July 2025.
Final summer time featured prolonged flights to Australia and Japan, together with a visit to Hull Metropolis’s MKM Stadium and Sela Cup residence video games in opposition to Girona and Brest at St James’ Park.
Nevertheless, we’ll be heading to Scotland a month earlier than the 2025/26 season kicks off in a recreation between Eddie Howe and the membership he turned down simply months earlier than taking the Newcastle job in 2021.
Toon set for Celtic journey
As revealed by The Mail, Newcastle will head north to fulfill Celtic in a pre-season pleasant at Parkhead on Saturday, July 19.
The 2 sides memorably met in non-competitive motion as Alan Shearer netted for the ultimate time in black-and-white from the penalty spot in his testimonial match in Could 2006, however the two sides have removed from a storied historical past.
Glasgow is probably not essentially the most illustrious of cities for a European away day, however it ought to supply a very good alternative to carry a full squad and get minutes into the legs within the seasons’ eve.
Howe reveals fact behind Celtic supply
Howe’s place within the dugout at Parkhead could also be met with a combined reception, choosing a Geordie persuasion shortly after rejecting the chance to handle the Scottish giants – opening the door for Ange Postecoglou to make his presence felt within the technical space.
For the Toon gaffer although there was no unhealthy phrases to say concerning the inexperienced facet of Glasgow. “Throughout that interval that I’d had out, I’d had a couple of job presents, however I’d mentioned I’m not contemplating something for a yr,” mentioned Howe on the latest Up Entrance podcast with Simon Jordan.
“That yr had handed and Celtic got here up and I used to be instantly interested in the job. I assumed, “Wow, what a chance. What a soccer membership. Nice individuals as properly. The individuals I met had been unbelievable. So there was no draw back for me, however I needed to get my workers collectively.
“For me, if I used to be to enter a soccer membership, I may have gone in by myself and labored with the workers which are there. I felt I wanted to go at my strongest. My strongest would have been with my crew, in order that’s Jason Tindall, Steven Purches, Simon Weatherstone and Dan Hodges. These are necessary individuals to me. So I’d form of made my resolution.
“I used to be actually eager to go. Jason had left Bournemouth, however I couldn’t get them collectively. I couldn’t get the crew to all agree. And it wasn’t essentially I wanted each single one among them. However in fact, that’s an necessary dynamic.
I didn’t really feel that was proper for me to take the chance. In that second it could have been improper for Celtic as properly, I believe. So I declined the supply.”
