The transfer window hasn’t even officially opened yet and the 2024/25 season finished last Sunday, but it’s been anything but a quiet week on Tyneside.
The new home kit is out, Paul Mitchell is leaving less than 12 months after taking the job, £30m target Liam Delap has opted to join Chelsea and it’s claimed that bids are imminent for Bryan Mbeumo and Marc Guehi.
The Spanish media have been constant in tipping Newcastle to sign Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia, but is the La Liga shot-stopper really the club’s top target to compete with Nick Pope?
According to the latest reports on Thursday tea time, Garcia is not, with a domestic option set to be pursued instead, it would seem.
Newcastle United remain set on bringing James Trafford to St James’ Park this summer,
According to The Mail’s Craig Hope, the Burnley goalkeeper remains Eddie Howe’s ‘No 1 target’ in his search for a ball-playing goalkeeper.
He even adds that an ‘offer is anticipated’ from Newcastle, suggesting the club will soon step up their efforts to sign the 22-year-old.
Hope states that Mbeumo and Guehi are on Newcastle’s list of targets, but aren’t the only ones being looked at as we look to bring in a right winger and centre-back.
Last summer, Craig Hope revealed that Newcastle failed with a £16m bid for James Trafford, with Burnley refusing to sell their goalkeeper ahead of their push for promotion from the Championship.
Almost 12 months later, Scott Parker’s side are back in the big time, and with that comes an increased asking price for the England talent after a record-breaking season for clean sheets.
Hope revealed earlier this month that it will now take £30m to sign the goalkeeper, who hopes to push Jordan Pickford in the coming years to become England’s No.1.
A steep increase, but based on his huge potential, with his hands and his feet, it might be a price worth paying as we look to find a Nick Pope alternative capable of keeping goals out and building from the back.