Kieran Trippier is currently set to leave Newcastle United at the end of the season.
The Newcastle right-back was asked about his future by The Gazette earlier this month with the player set to hold talks with head coach Eddie Howe.
The 35-year-old joined Newcastle from Atletico Madrid in 2022 as the first signing made by Howe under the new PIF-led ownership.
The £12million deal proved to be an excellent piece of business with Trippier playing a key role in the club’s transformation from a relegation threatened side to two-time Champions League qualifiers and 2025 Carabao Cup winners.
While Trippier insists ‘age is just a number’ and wants to keep on playing, he wouldn’t declare whether it would be at Newcastle or not.
Kieran Trippier’s contract set to expire
“There's loads of possibilities,” Trippier told The Gazette. “Football's a strange game. But I understand and respect that my contract's up in the summer. I think it's not rocket science that everybody knows my contract's up.
“In the next couple of weeks, obviously me and the manager will have a talk, of course.”
Although Trippier believes he has ‘many years’ left playing he has one eye on what to do once he hangs up his boots.
"I'm far from done as a player, I think age is just a number,” Trippier explained. “With the nutrition we've got these days and the way you look after your body and yourself, it's key.
“That's what I've been doing throughout my career and I still feel fit, strong, like I've still got many years in my playing career.
"[I will take some time out] for my kids, because when you play football, you sacrifice so much.”
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Kieran Trippier to step into coaching?
While there is uncertainty over Trippier’s future as a player, he ‘definitely’ sees himself in a coaching role one day.
"I've been with many players who I've played with in my career who are managers now and coaches,” he added.
"I'll lean on so many people, the gaffer here. Michael Duff who's a manager, I've had great experience with players who are coaching now.
“I speak to John McDermott a lot, who's with the FA. I've got a lot of people to lean on definitely see myself as being a coach in future.
"A manager? Who knows what the future holds!"
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