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Update:
Victor pursuit claimed
Having wrapped up
the signing of Ewen Jaouen, Newcastle have now reportedly turned
their attentions to the CA Osasuna winger Victor Munoz.
The right-footed 22 year-old predominantly plays on the left and is
seen as a replacement for Anthony Gordon.
Munoz is currently with the Spanish squad in North America for the
World Cup Finals and said to be available with a £34.5m release
clause.
Under contract until 2030, he joined Osasuna from Real Madrid last
summer. Spanish news outlets confirm that his former employers
retain part ownership in him as well as a buyback option, requiring
their involvement in negotiations.
Update:
Mag
Ewen - official
Newcastle confirmed
their first senior signing of the close season on Wednesday,
completing the transfer of Reims goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen for a
claimed £18.5m.
Standing at 6ft
6in, the 20 year-old Parisian flew
into Newcastle on Monday, before
completing the formalities of his move on Tuesday.
A fluent English speaker, Jaouen made 34
appearances last season for the Ligue 2 side, keeping 15 clean
sheets.
Winning his first U21
international cap against Switzerland in November 2025, Ewen began
his career with Guingamp. Switching to Reims in 2023, a senior debut
followed while on loan at Rodez during 2024.
Update:
I got stripes
Newcastle's new home strip launched on Wednesday
morning, retailing at £85 for adults and lacking a front of shirt
sponsor for the first time since 1979.
It's available online from JD Sports
here
Compo:
NUFC sock giveaway
Tyneside-based Football Bobbles
are offering three pair bundles of three NUFC socks at a special
price, with eight different designs to choose from.
Find them online
here with orders shipping in time for Father's Day on Sunday
week (21st).
We have one bundle to give away in another free-to-enter competition and to
stand a chance of winning it, simply require you to answer the following question:
A unique pairing in black and white, whose testimonial saw Kevin
Keegan and Kenny Dalglish on the SJP pitch in 1999?
Email that to [email protected]
with subject Socks
Closing date is 7pm on Monday June 15th. No age limit, open to
anyone on the planet. Delivery only to UK addresses. One entry each please
per
person.
Update:
World Cup fixtures
When and where for our lot in the USA:
Find
Coral's WC betting markets
online here
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil,
Group C):
Sat 13.06.2026 Morocco (New Jersey, USA) 11pm bbc
Sat 20.06.2026 Haiti (Philadelphia, USA) 1.30am itv
Wed 24.06.2026 Scotland (Miami, USA) 11pm bbc
Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade (Germany, Group E):
Sun 14.06.2026 Curacao (Houston, USA) 6pm itv
Sat 20.06.2026 Ivory Coast (Toronto, Canada) 9pm itv
Thu 25.06.2026 Ecuador (New Jersey, USA) 9pm bbc
Anthony Elanga
(Sweden, Group F):
Mon 15.06.2026 Tunisia (Monterrey, Mexico) 3am itv
Sat 20.06.2026 Netherlands (Houston, USA) 6pm bbc
Fri 26.06.2026 Japan (Dallas, USA) 12am bbc
Yoane
Wissa (DR Congo, Group K):
Fri 17.06.2026 Portugal (Houston, USA) 6pm bbc
Wed 24.06.2026 Colombia (Guadalajara, Mexico) 3am itv
Sun 28.06.2026 Uzbekistan (Atlanta, USA)
12.30am bbc
Dan Burn, Tino Livramento (England, Group L):
Wed 17.06.2026 Croatia (Dallas, USA) 9pm itv
Tue 23.06.2026 Ghana (Boston, USA) 9pm bbc
Sat 27.06.2026 Panama (New Jersey, USA) 10pm itv
PS: former Magpies off to the USA include:
Miguel Almiron (Paraguay)
Elliot Anderson (England)
Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria)
Bradley Cross (South Africa)
Anthony Gordon (England)
Grant Hanley (Scotland)
Alexander Isak (Sweden)
Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo)
Mikel Merino (Spain)
Ivan Toney (England)
Chris Wood (New Zealand)
National service:
Internationals
Dan Burn, Tino Livramento (England):
Wed 10.06.2026 Costa Rica (n) won 3-0 FR
England won the delayed kick-off kickabout in Orlando with ex-Mag
Anthony Gordon setting up the first goal and netting from the spot
for the second.
Dan Burn joined the action in the 71st minute but Tino watched from
the bench as Ollie Watkins got a late third.
Yoane Wissa (DR Congo):
Tue 09.06.2026 Chile (n) lost 1-2 FR
Defeat for DRC behind closed doors in the French city of Orleans
came with Wissa playing the first 45 minutes as a sole striker.
Wed 03.06.2026 Denmark (n) drew 0-0 FR
The forward played 87 minutes in Liege, making his first start in
any game since his previous DRC appearance, in March.
Rory Finneran (Ireland U21s):
Tue 09.06.2026 Qatar U23s (n) drew 0-0 FR
Another draw in Vrbovec was achieved without Rory, who was only in
the squad for the Croatia game.
Sat 06.06.6026 Croatia U21s (a) drew 2-2 FR
Fresh from his senior Irish bow, the Newcastle midfielder won his
first U21 cap with a starting spot in Vrbovec.
Rory was replaced on 60 minutes, with the score 1-1.
Sat 06.06.2026 New Zealand (n) won 1-0 FR
Both Magpies began on the bench in Tampa, arriving for the second
half as England changed all 11 players. Alongside them were a trio
of ex-black and whiters, in the shape of Elliot Anderson, Anthony
Gordon and Ivan Toney.
SJP old boy Chris Wood started for the Kiwis.
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece):
Sun 07.06.2026 Italy (h) lost 0-1 FR
Vlach returned to the starting line-up in Heraklion.
Thu 04.06.2026 Sweden (a) drew 2-2 FR
The goalkeeper was an unused substitute in Stockholm.
William Osula (Denmark):
Sun 07.06.2026 Ukraine (h) won 2-1 FR
Osula made his first senior start for Denmark on the right of a
front three. He was still on the field in Odense when the game was
abandoned on 65 minutes due to his colleague Christian Eriksen
collapsing. He thankfully recovered.
Wed 03.06.2026 DR Congo (n) drew 0-0 FR
The Newcastle forward appeared at half time in Liege for his senior
international debut. Osula becomes the first current Magpie to play
for Denmark since Peter Lovenkrands.
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil):
Sat 06.06.2026 Egypt (n) won 2-1 FR
The United man was in the starting XI in Cleveland and took just
seven minutes to net his third international goal, dispossessing a
defender before firing home from the edge of the area.
Bruno was subbed at half-time with the scores level and Endrick
got Brazil's winner early in the second half.
Sun 31.05.2026 Panama (h) won 6-2 FR
The Newcastle midfielder was in the starting line-up and made way at
half-time for Lucas Paqueta at Rio's Maracana stadium. The score was
2-1 to Brazil at that point.
Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade (Germany):
Sat 06.06.2026 USA (a) won 2-1 FR
The Toon duo were named among the replacements in Chicago and didn't
get called into action.
Sun 31.05.2026 Finland (h) won 4-0 FR
Woltemade arrived as a 73rd minute replacement when the scoring was
over in Mainz while Thiaw remained unused.
Alex Murphy (Ireland):
Sat 06.06.2026 Canada (a) drew 1-1 FR
Another unused substitute role for the Newcastle defender, as
Ireland drew with a World Cup host nation in Montreal.
Thu 28.05.2026 Qatar (h) won 1-0 FR
Alex remained on the bench in Dublin, having made the senior squad
for the first time.
Anthony Elanga (Sweden):
Thu 04.06.2026 Greece (h) drew 2-2 FR
The Newcastle man arrived from the bench in the 63rd minute, with
the score 1-1 in Stockholm.
A collision with an opposition player saw Elanga briefly
hospitalised post-match but he quickly returned to confirm his
fitness when speaking to journalists.
Mon 01.06.2026 Norway (a) lost 1-3 FR
Elanga was in the starting line-up for the game in Oslo, replaced at
the interval when his side trailed 0-3.
Update:
Club reveal
season ticket waiting list response
Following the closure of the NUFC season ticket waiting list, almost
50,000 individuals took up the opportunity to be in with a chance of
owning the 250 places available.
Those who registered to join the waiting list should have
received emails confirming their place in the queue, with future
membership purchases required to remain eligible.
Update:
Colin Veitch book
offer
We have fresh stocks of Keith Colvin Smith's fine hardback biography of
Magpies
legend Colin Veitch available now for just £10
+delivery* (originally published at £35).
To
reserve copies, email
[email protected] confirming your postcode. Deliveries will
arrive in time for Fathers Day.
* due to book size & weight, only UK delivery is possible.
Unlikely lads:
Urchins appoint Rob
The latest former Magpie to take on a role in the National League is
Robert Lee, who returns to his boyhood club Hornchurch as
their Director of Football.
Lee's appointment follows the recent arrivals of Lee Clark at Hartlepool United, Rob
Elliot at Carlisle United and Kieron Dyer at Southend United.
Update:
Ashley:
twist
in the (re)tail?
From Sky News - from shouting at shops to buying them?
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is weighing up a £500m bid for the Metrocentre in Gateshead, underlining the retail tycoon's burgeoning
appetite to own some of Britain’s most popular shopping
destinations.
Sky News has learnt that Frasers is among the parties considering
making offers for the north-east’s biggest shopping centre, which
boasted 16 million visitors last year.
Once part of Intu, the retail property group which collapsed into
administration in 2020 after amassing £4.5bn in debt, the
Metrocentre remains the UK’s biggest regional shopping hub outside
London.
Majority-owned by Mr Ashley but now run by his son-in-law,
Michael Murray, the company - which owns Sports Direct and a broad
portfolio of other retail brands - has a market valuation of £3.3bn.
If Frasers did buy the Metrocentre, it would mark a return on a
greater scale to the region where Mr Ashley had a 14-year stint as
the owner of Newcastle United.
Frasers Group declined to comment.
Update:
Staying, going etc.
Squad updates:
Contracts extended (2):
Mark Gillespie (to 2027)
Fabian Schar (to 2027)
Senior players out of contract (5):
Emil Krafth, Kieran Trippier, John
Ruddy, Matt Targett,
Max Thompson.
Senior player loan expired (1):
Aaron Ramsdale (returned to Southampton)
Senior player sold (1):
Anthony Gordon (Barcelona)
Development squad players out of contract (15):
Will Anderson, Joe Brayson, Thomas Bryant,
Jude Cogdon, Adam Harrison, Alfie Harrison,
Kayden Lucas, Charlie McArthur,
Alex O'Donovan, Darren
Palmer, James Taylor, Matty Taylor, Ciaran Thompson, Ezra Tika-Lemba,
Mo Waddani.
Development squad player
sold (1):
Travis Hernes (Groningen)
2026/27:
Everton (n) confirmed
Newcastle are to visit Edinburgh's Murrayfield
Stadium as part of their pre-season programme, facing
Everton.
The Magpies and Toffees meet on
Wednesday August 12th at 5.15pm with all ticket sales via Ticketmaster.
As NUFC aren't selling tickets direct, there's no loyalty point
requirement and no point will be issued to attendees.
Prices ranged from
£35 to £75 for adults plus booking fees of up to £13 - an
incredible uplift in cost compared to the £25 tickets at Celtic last
July.
While outrageous, the pricing is little shock to anyone attending
the Premier League Summer Series of games featuring Newcastle in the
USA during 2023.
That was also handled by Ticketmaster, with the cheapest ticket for
United's games against Aston Villa (in Philadelphia) and Chelsea (in
Atlanta) £49 when including booking fees.
There has been an inevitable backlash from fans unhappy at paying
the equivalent of Champions League ticket prices, the line "from
£35" factually correct but grossly misleading.
Although not administering this game (but presumably approving the
ticket prices), Newcastle's opportunity to make amends will arise in
the form of the home friendlies.
A sensible pricing policy for those games would seem like a small
but necessary action after the Lothian shakedown.
The teatime kick-off does mean that it's possible to get back to
London Kings Cross via train post-match - which may be handy, given
the price of hotels in Edinburgh due to the annual Fringe Festival
taking place at the same time.
We're uncertain whether this really is a "dry run" to test the
viability of staging future NUFC games at Murrayfield, were SJP to
be unavailable due to reconstruction.
Regarding the rest of pre-season, the players will report back
around
July 13th and include a training camp in the Spanish resort of La Manga.
A pair of home friendlies over the weekend of August 15th/16th are
anticipated, with opponents still tbc.
Unlikely lads:
Comings and goings
SJP old boys on the move recently include:
Tom Allen left Darlington
Dan Barlaser left Boro
Rafa Benitez left Panathinaikos (Manager)
Adam Campbell left Hartlepool United
John Carver left Lechia Gdansk (Manager
Ian Cathro left Estoril (Head Coach)
Ian Cathro now St.Etienne (Head Coach)
Lee Clark left Rotherham United (Manager)
Lee Clark now Hartlepool United (Manager)
Luuk de Jong left Porto
Damien Duff now Brentford (Coach)
Martin Dubravka left Burnley
Kieron Dyer now Southend United (Manager)
Rob Elliot left Gateshead (Manager)
Rob Elliot now Carlisle United (Manager)
Isaac Hayden left QPR
Chris Hogg now Northampton Town (Manager)
Jamaal Lascelles left Leicester City
Robert Lee now Hornchurch (Director of Football)
Jamal Lewis left Preston North End
Kevin Mbabu left Midtjylland
Steve McClaren now Rotherham United (Head of Football)
James Milner left Brighton & Hove Albion
Michael O'Neill left Blackburn Rovers (Manager)
Scott Parker left Burnley (Manager)
Matt Ritchie left Reading
Matt Ritchie now Bournemouth (Technical Director)
Callum Roberts left Scunthorpe United
Callum Roberts now Notts County
Allan Saint-Maximin left RC Lens
Allan Saint-Maximin to Charlotte FC
Josh Scott now West Auckland Town
Islam Slimani left Cluj
Dylan Stephenson left Dagenham & Redbridge
Louis Storey left Gateshead
Louis Storey now Carlisle United (Coach)
James Tavernier left Rangers
Kieran Trippier now Wolves
Dan Ward left South Shields
Georginio Wijnaldum left Al-Ettifaq
Latest:
KK/KD
updates
Kevin
Keegan has confirmed that he's suffering from stage four
stomach cancer, but responding well to treatment.
Kenny Dalglish has confirmed
an unspecified cancer diagnosis, reporting that his
treatment is going well.
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