The Magpies’ goalkeeping department has also been bolstered by the return of 20-year-old Max Thompson from a season-long loan spell at Chesterfield in League Two. So Eddie Howe has six goalkeepers to choose from this pre-season, and is still looking for more.

Big dollars and goals are in the news Monday as Premier League sides Newcastle United and Arsenal angle to compete on multiple fronts this season.

It means a fresh Mbeumo bid from Old Trafford could end Newcastle’s hopes of signing Wissa. It also means the Red Devils will need to move quickly to try and wrap up a deal for Mbeumo to avoid another club coming in for Wissa and denting their hopes of signing the Cameroon international.

Valencia CF's center-back is being targeted by a major English football team.

Though Newcastle’s wage bill for 2021-22 was the Premier League’s eighth-highest (£170.2m), behind the Big Six and Leicester, it was significantly inflated by one-off events.

Ekitike was frozen out at PSG after just one season and in a bid to reignite his career joined Frankfurt in January 2024, initially on loan before completing a £15million permane