The Premier League season has come to an end, and Newcastle United have secured European qualification to end a memorable season on a high.
Fans will look back at the 2024/25 campaign as the best in living memory. A cup win and a top-five finish mean a slow start to the season can be completely forgotten.
Newcastle United are now in a position where they can sign big names in the summer, thanks to their qualification to the Champions League and will be eager to bring in their top targets.
Newcastle are very interested in signing Bryan Mbeumo this summer to give them more strength on the right wing. Jacob Murphy has done a brilliant job as Newcastle’s sole right-winger this season, but the club needs more bodies ahead of their European venture.
The belief is that Newcastle have £150m to spend on transfers this summer and will be busy in the transfer market with new signings and player sales.
As Eddie Howe and Paul Mitchell now prepare for a busy summer, here are three things Newcastle got spot on this season to make the 2024/25 campaign a memorable one.
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Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images
Winning silverware
After 70 years without a win at Wembley, the Magpies had to play a Liverpool side that looked unstoppable at the time. However, Newcastle defied the odds and won the Carabao Cup, ending an agonising wait for a trophy.
Bruno Guimaraes was openly weeping after Newcastle’s cup win, knowing he had brought glory back to Tyneside and become the first captain since Bob Moncur to win a trophy for the club.
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The Carabao Cup win also ensured that Newcastle would play European football next season, with the UEFA Conference League one of the prizes for winning the competition.
Not only was the cup win a historic moment for the history of the club, it shows that Newcastle can win silverware and should be feared by other Premier League teams in the future.
Guimaraes thinks Newcastle can win more trophies in the future, so the Carabao Cup could be the first of many trophies for the Magpies.
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Photo by James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images
Getting out of the PSR black hole
The last three transfer windows have been poor for Newcastle. No notable signings and some big departures mean Howe has been fighting with his hands tied for most of the season.
Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh left Newcastle to ensure the club were not hit with a points deduction due to breaching PSR rules. Howe did not want to sell either player, but ultimately understood it was something they had to do.
Two more departures followed in January, Lloyd Kelly and Miguel Almiron were allowed to leave Newcastle to help their battle against PSR, but now they are out of their black hole and are free to spend this summer.
Lucrative new sponsors coupled with a sensible approach to recent transfer windows now mean the Magpies are not one of the clubs who risk a PSR breach ahead of the deadline in June and can focus solely on improving their squad.
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Photo by Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images
Bringing Paul Mitchell to Newcastle United
It was an appointment that came out of the blue last year. Dan Ashworth went to Manchester United and left Newcastle in need of a new sporting director.
The Magpies were able to lure Mitchell to Tyneside, where he has already shown glimpses of promise. Although there are yet to be any big names come through the door, Mitchell has used his experience to negotiate deals that are overwhelmingly positive for Newcastle.
Mitchell managed to get £15m from Juventus for Lloyd Kelly, and offloaded Almiron’s wage by selling him to Atlanta United.
Elsewhere, Mitchell has done a great job with signings in the academy. Newcastle beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to Antonio Cordero, an exciting young winger who has impressed in the Segunda Division this season.
Mitchell has also signed Kyle Fitzgerald and Baran Yildiz, while Vakhtang Salia will officially join the club in August when he turns 18.