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Bristol City (a)
Seat selection closes Fri 10.07, 2pm
Valencia (a)
Seat selection closes Fri 10.07, 2pm
Leverkusen/Strasbourg (h)
Public sale now
CC & FA schemes (h)
close
Mon 13.07, 5pm
Latest:
Steur it up!
Thursday saw Newcastle confirm their third senior arrival of the
close season, paying an undisclosed fee for 18 year-old midfielder Sean Steur from
Eredivisie side Ajax.
The Dutch youth international
left Ajax's first team training camp on Tuesday after a deal was
agreed, flying into Tyneside ahead of his medical.
A fee of around £23m is claimed for Steur, who shares an agency with
current Magpies Harvey Barnes, Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento plus
manager Eddie Howe.
Signing a five year deal, he'll wear squad number 14, vacant since a
certain Swedish striker exited last year.
A product of the Ajax academy, Sean made his competitive
senior team debut in February 2025, adding 25 appearances last
season including three in the Champions League.
He'll become the ninth Dutchman to represent United in the Premier
League era, after John Karelse, Patrick Kluivert, Tim Krul, Vurnon
Anita, Daryl Janmaat, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jetro Willems and current
Magpie Sven Botman.
The last permanent switch from Ajax to Newcastle came in August 2017
when Siem De Jong arrived at SJP - like brother Luuk a Dutch
international, but born in Switzerland.
Latest:
Manzambi deal claim
Media outlets in
Germany reported on Thursday that Bundesliga side Freiburg had accepted an offer
of £51m for midfielder Johan Manzambi from Newcastle.
The 20
year-old is currently at the World Cup Finals with Switzerland, but
sat out Tuesday's last 16 tie against Colombia due to a knee injury.
Sky Sports in the UK were more cautious, asserting that an "agreement is close" but not
sealed.
Update:
Splitting the G
Update: Thursday brought multiple claims that Bruno had reached
verbal agreement with Arsenal over personal terms, but that no
formal bid had been made by the Gunners.
Earlier: Almost a year to the day that David Ornstein revealed Liverpool's
interest in Alexander Isak, the same journalist took to social media
on Wednesday with similar claims about Newcastle's Bruno
Guimaraes and Arsenal.
As was the case back in 2025, no bid currently exists, but Ornstein
asserts the prospective purchasers are ready to offer a deal and the
player is keen on the transfer.
Having dealt efficiently and profitably with malcontented pair
Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali, the onus is now on us to either
complete a hat-trick of high value sales or decisively end the
speculation and avoid repeating last year's saga.
The loss of the talismanic Brazilian would be a sizeable blow to
both Eddie Howe's plans and supporter confidence given how we
perform without Bruno, but allowing this window to run down without
decisive action one way or the other would be absolutely disastrous.
Bruno's sale would mean that all three captains who lifted
silverware at Wembley less than 18 months ago have gone - and while
Kieran Trippier and Jamaal Lascelles rightly left, a massive chunk
of knowledge and experience is being lost.
Younger signings may now be targeted, but a wise old head will also
need to be acquired, otherwise the senior player's committee will
end up consisting entirely of Dan Burn.
Rather than "Local Hero", "Cruel Summer" may be a more
fitting tune when the Magpies next take to the field....
2026/27:
Home friendly
opponents confirmed
Newcastle will conclude their pre-season programme with
home friendlies over successive days as follows:
Sat 15.08.2026 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (3pm)
Sun 16.08.2026 Strasbourg (4pm)
Games are billed as the
VisitMalta Weekender 2026,
with a kickabout between NUFC Women and Inter Milan at 1pm on Sunday
before the Strasbourg men's game.
Tickets are on public sale now.
Prices:
Full Weekender Ticket (Early Bird offer ends 22.07.2026)
Premium: £50 adults, £25 concessions
Others: £40 adults, £20 concessions
Day 1 Bayer Leverkusen:
Premium: £30 adults, £15 concessions
Others: £25 adults, £12.50 concessions
Adult+concession combo: £60 (2 adults, 2 concessions)
Day 2 Inter Women / Strasbourg:
Premium: £30 adults, £15 concessions
Others: £25 adults, £12.50 concessions
Adult+concession combo: £60 (2 adults, 2 concessions)
While a visit from the Bundesliga side the Magpies faced in last
season's Champions League was already known, the participation of
the French side has just been confirmed.
Strasbourg are in the process of appointing a new head coach after
Gary O'Neill left last month for Ipswich Town.
2026/27:
Bristol City/Valencia (a)
Update: The allocation for Valencia (a) has been increased from
1,381 to 2,000 - NUFC are contacting season ticket holders who had
already applied offering them places.
NUFC confirm that the away ticket transfer system
will not be in operation for either Bristol City or Valencia.
Loyalty points will be awarded for both these games, but not for the
Gateshead or Everton friendly fixtures.
Bristol City (a)
(no ballot, all ST applicants successful)
Seat selection open now (0 points)
Seat selection closes Fri 10.07.2026, 2pm
Our 3,407 allocation is in the Atyeo Stand behind the goal, as was
the case for our most recent visit in August 2016.
Prices (ST Holders):
Adult (22-64) £10
Senior (65+) £8
Young Adult (19-21) £8
Junior (12-18s) £5
Junior (U12s) £1
Valencia (a)
Seat selection open now (24 points+)*
Seat selection closes Fri 10.07.2026, 2pm
* seat selection option not available, just ticket purchase
Our increased allocation of 2,000 is in block 733 of the uncovered top tier, in a
corner position roughly equivalent to last season's Barcelona
Champions League away game - but higher up, with more flights of
stairs and a steeper rake.
Prices:
All categories £15
WC:
Last Mag standing
World Cup
updates:
Dan Burn (England)
Sat 11.07.2026 Norway, Miami, 10pm itv
Find
Coral's WC betting markets
online here
2026/27:
Kind of blue
Currently doing the rounds on social media are images of United's
2026/27 away shirt. Release date is still tbc.
2026/27:
TV times
The Premier League have now published the revised fixture schedule for live TV
covering August and September, with
Newcastle's opening four games all altered:
Sun 23.08.2026 Liverpool (h) 4.30pm Sky
Sat 29.08.2026 Spurs (a) 5.30pm Sky
Sat 05.09.2026 Bournemouth (h) 12.30pm TNT
Mon 14.09.2026 Leeds United (a) 8pm Sky*
Sat 19.09.2026 Hull City (h) 3pm no live UK TV
* if NUFC or LUFC are in the Carabao Cup Third Round and drawn
against a club in the Champions League (Arsenal, Aston Villa,
Liverpool, Manchester City or Manchester United), this game will be
on Sat 12.09.2026 @ 12.30pm.
Assuming both sides survive the Second Round, a final decision on
the PL game will rest on the Third Round draw, which takes place on
or around Tue 25.08.2026.
The possible move is because Carabao Cup Third round ties are once
again split over two weeks, the first clashing with Matchday 1 in
the Champions League Group stage.
PS: Although trains are scheduled to run as usual between Newcastle
and London on the day of the Spurs away game, Kings Cross station
will be closed the following day.
Update:
Hatters take Harrison
Having featured in the last three senior pre-seasons without going
on to make a competitive appearance for Newcastle, Harrison
Ashby's Magpie career is drawing to a close.
Now in the final 12 months of his contract at Gallowgate, the 24
year-old full back has agreed a season-long loan switch to League
One Luton Town.
Arriving from West Ham in January 2023, a pair of unused substitute
selections in the closing two Premier League games of the season
followed, before loans of varying effectiveness at Swansea City, QPR
and Bradford City.
Ashby is the second current player to leave on loan, after Odysseas
Vlachodimos returned to Seville. Confirmation of a further loan
switch to Cadiz for Antonio Cordero is awaited.
Update:
Academy scholars announced
Now let's meet the eight who are going to generate.... United's
latest intake of school leavers are as follows:
Roman Dowell and George Mair (goalkeepers), Lesecond Yeutembip
(defender), Chukwudi Afumuzor, Jayden Kouossu and Alfie Seldon
(midfielders), Theo Benjamin and Leon Mukumbira (forwards).
All eight debuted competitively last season for United U18s, four of
them previously at other academies (Afumuzor with Portsmouth,
Koussou with West Bromwich Albion, Yeutembip with Charlton Athletic
and Mukumbira at Peterborough).
New arrivals at Newcastle's academy are awaited, amid claims that
deals are in place for defender Kyle Healy-Matthews (formerly with
West Ham) and midfielder Kyran Thompson (formerly with Arsenal).
The future of Eli Hall is uncertain following his exit from Ipswich
Town, with both United and Spurs linked.
Compo:
Train Wreckers
A century on from the
General strike, a headline-grabbing incident in Northumberland
during May 1926 is dramatically recalled
at Newcastle's Theatre Royal this Sunday (12th).
"The Cramlington Train Wreckers" tells the true story of a
group of miners whose attempt to stop a coal train instead saw them
inadvertently derail a prestige passenger express - paying a heavy
price for their act of sabotage.
The last remaining seats are on sale
here
We had
two tickets to give away for Sunday's production and asked which passenger service the Train Wreckers derailed.
It was of course the Flying Scotsman and the winning entrant was
Tony Bush.
PS: Ahead of Sunday's show in Newcastle, there
is also a performance in Belfast on Friday.
Incoming:
Baz is a Mag - official
Newcastle announced the signing of left winger Bazoumana Toure
from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim on Sunday. A fee of around £43m is
reported, although officially undisclosed.
The 20 year-old Ivory Coast international flew to Tyneside with his
representatives on Thursday, with social media images
then circulating on Friday of him inside SJP.
Toure's participation at the World Cup Finals ended with Ivory
Coast's defeat by Norway on Tuesday, having made three appearances
(one start and two from the bench).
He moved from
Swedes Hammarby to Hoffenheim in January 2025 transfer
window, netting five times last season.
Toure becomes the third Ivorian
to represent United after Cheick Tiote and the rather
less-celebrated loan flop, Seydou Doumbia.
The Magpies previously did business with Hoffenheim in 2019,
purchasing Joelinton for a claimed £40m fee.
Toure is reportedly represented by Unique Sports Group, whose
other clients include Anthony Gordon, Jacob Ramsey, Malick Thiaw and
Lewis Miley.
Update:
Deadline set for L7 Singing section moves
NUFC confirm that they continue to
accept requests from current season ticket holders to relocate into
a dedicated singing section at the North West Corner of Level 7.
These must be made by
Fri 17.07.2026. Details
here
Update:
Antonio loan looms
Spanish newspaper Marca report
that Newcastle have concluded a further loan agreement for
Antonio Cordero, who will return to Cadiz for the coming season.
Signed by the Magpies last summer, the 19 year-old winger had an
unprofitable loan spell with Belgians KVC Westerlo before agreeing
to join Cadiz at the turn of the year.
Following a slow start, Cordero got more pitch time after two
changes of coach, ending up as a Cadiz crowd favourite after they
avoided relegation from the Spanish second tier.
Outgoing:
Sandro away
Latest: Tonali's transfer was
announced on Monday, the player taking to social media with a
message for Newcastle fans that appears to be AI-generated.
The reference to his "son born during my time here" in that
statement was at least accurate, that birth taking place in a
private hospital in London last January, not Tyneside.
Earlier: Newcastle's second
high-profile player departure of the summer was sealed on Wednesday, after a deal taking Sandro Tonali to Tottenham Hotspur
was finalised.
Tonali was spotted flying from Milan to London on Thursday
to complete the formalities of his medical.
A fee of £92.5m was agreed plus £7.5m in add-ons, with the 26
year-old Italian international midfielder collecting a weekly wage
of £275K - more than double his current earnings and enough to
offset the stigma of joining a side who have finished seventeenth in
each of the last two seasons...
The first player to swap the Magpies for Cockerels since Moussa
Sissoko almost a decade ago, Tonali is set to make his PL home debut
for Spurs against United in late August.
Although there was some noise about rumoured interest from
Manchester City, that failed to translate into an actual bid,
leaving Spurs as the only serious suitors for Tonali.
On that basis the Magpies look to have done good business for a
player who, like Anthony Gordon, clearly saw his future away from
Tyneside and whose variable displays contributed to our own mediocre
domestic campaign. Avoiding another damaging Alexander Isak-style
saga is also refreshing.
Inbound recruitment though is where the real interest lies - which
will help to answer the imponderable question of whether there's
enough of a "project" to prevent Bruno Guimaraes from joining what
would become an exodus.
Rightly described as talismanic by one writer in recent days, the
monetary value of the 28 year-old who produced on a global
stage at the World Cup for Brazil may be at his maximum, but his
exit really would trigger alarm bells.
2026/27:
Home Cup scheme info
Season ticket holders are now able to log on their NUFC account and
sign up for both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup home ticket scheme
guaranteeing places for this season.
The deadline for both schemes is 5pm on Mon 13.07.2026
and as previous seasons have shown, there's no scope to sign up
after that point.
Separate sign-ups are required for each scheme and success can be
checked by the appearance of one (or both) on your cup scheme menu.
No confirmation email(s) are generated.
2026/27 home cup pricing:
Carabao Cup: £22/£28 adults*
FA Cup: £35/£40 adults*
(2025/26 prices were Carabao £20/£25 and FA £30/£35)
* Last season's decision to charge more for home Champions League
ties after the group stage has been extended to domestic home cup
ties this season.
Any home Carabao Cup or FA Cup Quarter-final or Semi-Final ties will
be subject to as-yet undisclosed prices.
United enter the Carabao Cup in the regionalised Second Round on or around Wed 26.08.2026.
They should learn their opponents on or around Mon 10.08.2026.
FA Cup Third Round ties take place on or around Sat 09.01.2027, with the draw on or around Sun 06.12.2026.
U21s:
Moors v Mags
National League North side Spennymoor Town confirm that they
will host Newcastle U21s in pre-season, the Magpies visiting Brewery
Field on Thursday July 30th at 7pm.
Admission for that game is £10 adults, £5 over 60s/U18s, with
advance sales from STFC
here or pay at the gate.
The game comes ahead of United U21s staging a training camp at
the Pinatar Arena in Spain, after which Robbie Stockdale's side
visit St. Mirren for a behind closed doors fixture on
Wednesday August 12th at 12.30pm.
Update:
Squad updates
Squad updates:
Senior players signed (3):
Ewen Jaouen, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure
Contracts extended (2):
Mark Gillespie,
Fabian Schar (both 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 players sold (2):
Anthony Gordon (Barcelona),
Sandro Tonali (Spurs)
Senior players loaned (2):
Harrison Ashby (Luton Town),
Odysseas Vlachodimos (Seville)
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)
Unlikely lads:
Comings and goings
SJP old boys on the move recently include:
Tom Allen was Darlington, now Hebburn Town
Elliot Anderson was Nottingham Forest, now Man City
Demba Ba now Le Havre (Sporting Director)
Dan Barlaser was Boro, now MK Dons
Rafa Benitez left Panathinaikos (Manager)
Habib Beye left Marseille (Head Coach)
Joe Brayson now
George Washington University
Adam Campbell was Hartlepool United, now South Shields
John Carver left Lechia Gdansk (Manager)
Ian Cathro left Estoril, now St.Etienne (Head Coach)
Michael Chopra now Trethomas Bluebirds
Lee Clark was Rotherham, now Hartlepool (Manager)
Steve Clarke left Scotland (Coach)
Luuk de Jong left Porto
Amadou Diallo was Oliveirense, now KF Skenderbeu
Martin Dubravka was Burnley, now Spurs
Damien Duff now Brentford (Coach)
Kieron Dyer now Southend United (Manager)
Rob Elliot was Gateshead, now Carlisle (Manager)
Ludwig Francillette was Morecambe, now Oxford City
Ryan Fraser left Western Sydney Wanderers
Macauley Gillesphey was Charlton, now Bradford City
Alex Gilliead left Shrewsbury Town
Isaac Hayden left QPR
Chris Hogg now Northampton Town (Manager)
Joselu left Al-Gharafa
Jamaal Lascelles left Leicester City
Robert Lee now Hornchurch (Director of Football)
Jamal Lewis left Preston North End
Kevin Mbabu left Midtjylland
Charlie McArthur now York City
Steve McClaren now Rotherham (Head of Football)
James Milner left Brighton & Hove Albion
Michael O'Neill left Blackburn Rovers (Manager)
Scott Parker left Burnley (Manager)
Brian Pinas left Feyenoord (Coach)
Matt Ritchie was Reading, now Bournemouth (Tech Dir)
Callum Roberts was Scunthorpe, now Notts County
Allan Saint-Maximin was RC Lens,
now Charlotte FC
Mo Sangare left Morecambe
Josh Scott was Bishop Auckland, now West Auckland
Danny Simpson now Arabian Falcons (player/coach)
Islam Slimani left Cluj
Elias Sorensen was Valerenga, now PEC Zwolle
Dylan Stephenson was Dagenham, now Darlington
Louis Storey was Gateshead, now Carlisle United (Coach)
James Tavernier left Rangers
Steven Taylor now Desert Falcons (Manager)
Kieran Trippier now Wolves
Jake Turner left Gillingham
Jay Turner-Cooke was Halifax, now Shrewsbury Town
Dan Ward was South Shields, now Chester
Isaac Westendorf was Oxford City, now Torquay United
Georginio Wijnaldum left Al-Ettifaq
Mike Williamson now South Shields (Manager)
Callum Wilson was West Ham, now Brentford
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