PSR frenzy:
Deadline day deals*

Update: Announcements of the three deals involving Newcastle detailed below are still awaited.

Earlier: The usually-reliable Athletic journalist David Ornstein reports that Newcastle have struck deals to sell both Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh.

Anderson is set to join Nottingham Forest, while Minteh is heading for Brighton, with Sky Sports claiming transfer fees of £35m for the 21 year-old Geordie and £33m for the 19 year-old Gambian.

Parallel to the deal taking Anderson to the City Ground, Newcastle are working to sign Forest goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos.

The 30 year-old German-born Greek international arrived from Benfica last September but made just seven appearances before losing his place to Matt Turner and then SJP old boy Matz Sels.

Vlachodimos made his senior club bow for Stuttgart and also played for Pananthinaikos before moving to Benfica in 2018. He was between the posts when Newcastle lost 2-3 at the Estadio da Luz in July 2022.  

* Premier League clubs are attempting to comply with Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) before the end of the financial reporting year, which falls on Sunday.

The actual transfer deadline is on Friday August 30th.

Euros:
Dub disaster

Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka kept a clean sheet for 94 minutes of Sunday's Euro 2024 meeting with England - but then conceded twice in quick succession as his side suffered a 1-2 loss during extra time.

Kieran Trippier completed 66 minutes before limping off with his side trailing 0-1.

Anthony Gordon was an unused substitute while SJP old boy Ivan Toney was brought on in second half added time and claimed an assist for Harry Kane's winner.

England now face Fabian Schar's Switzerland in the Quarter Finals. That's in Dusseldorf on Saturday (5pm).

Last 16 ties:

Sun 30.06.2024 England 2-1 Slovakia

Sun 30.06.2024 Spain 4-1 Georgia
All three ex-Magpies were on the bench, with Mikel Merino the only one to get any pitch time when introduced in the 81st minute.

Sat 29.06.2024 Switzerland 2-0 Italy
Schar started - played 90 minutes.

Sat 29.06.2024 Germany 2-0 Denmark

Mon 01.07.2024 France v Belgium (5pm)
Mon 01.07.2024 Portugal v Slovenia (8pm)
Tue 02.07.2024 Romania v Netherlands (5pm)
Tue 02.07.2024 Austria v Turkey (8pm)

QF ties:

Fri 05.07.2024 Spain v Germany (5pm)
Fri 05.07.2024 team tbc v team tbc (8pm)
Sat 06.07.2024 England v Switzerland (5pm)
Sat 05.07.2024 team tbc v team tbc (8pm)
 
Six former Magpies remain in the competition: Ivan Toney (England), Matz Sels (Belgium), Gini Wijnaldum (Netherlands) and Joselu, Mikel Merino and Ayoze Perez (Spain).

Coral price the Euro 2024 victors as follows:

England 7/2
Spain 4/1
Germany 9/2
France 13/2
Portugal 13/2
Netherlands 11/1
Switzerland 14/1
Austria 16/1

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Internationals:
Three Lions giveaway

In addition to their club-specific hats, Football Bobbles also boast a selection of England headwear in their catalogue (NB: other countries are available).
  
We have one of their Shearer 92 bucket hats and to be in with a chance of winning it, email your answer to the question below to [email protected] subject Hats:

Which future Newcastle United left back lined up with Shearer on the occasion of his England debut against France at Wembley in February 1992? 

Closing date is 11pm on Friday July 5th. No age limit, open to anyone on the planet but delivery must be to a UK address. One entry each please per person.

Shearer 92 bucket hats are reversible and made in Portugal exclusively for Football Bobbles. They are available to order online here

2024/25:
Tigers trip confirmed

From NUFC, Friday:

Newcastle United have announced a pre-season friendly with Hull City at the MKM Stadium next month.

Eddie Howe's side face the Tigers, who finished seventh in the Championship last term, on Saturday, 27th July (2pm BST).

Tickets go on sale at 2pm (BST) on Monday, 1st July to 2024/25 season ticket holders with 60 and above away points. Points will be reduced daily at 2pm, excluding weekends - subject to availability.

Ticket prices are as follows;

Adult (23-64) - £15
Senior (65+) / 16-22 Years - £7.50
Juniors 11-15 Years - £7.50
Juniors (2-10) - £3.50

Please note this fixture is all ticket, therefore there will be no ticket sales available on the day of the game.

Babies/toddlers under the age of two years old will not be admitted to the stadium as they are not deemed able to occupy a seat which compromises the stadium’s safety certificate.

Unaccompanied children/young people under the age of 14 years will not be admitted into the MKM Stadium without a person aged 18 and above. Tickets will be in the form of paper.

Following supporter consultation, there will be a limited allocation open to season ticket holder ballot for those who do not meet the away points threshold. This ballot will go live after the final points drop and will be open for entry for 24 hours.

Supporters will be asked to input card details. If they are successful in the ballot, payment will be taken and the season ticket holder will be notified by email. Those that are unsuccessful in the ballot will not be contacted and will not be charged.

Please note all tickets are for the sole use of the supporter making the purchase under their Newcastle United supporter number and are strictly non-transferable. There will be random spot checks at away stadiums throughout the season and failure to produce appropriate ID matching the purchaser supporter number will result in removal of your loyalty points and/or your season ticket being voided.

The remainder of United's pre-season programme, including home fixtures, will be announced in due course.

Sky Sports claim that Newcastle have taken an allocation of 4,500 tickets for what will be their ninth visit to Hull's current stadium and fourth kickabout there: 

Toon @ KCOM/MKM Stadium:
(PL games unless otherwise stated)

2018/19 drew 2-2 Joselu, Perez FR
2016/17 drew 1-1 Diame (lost 1-3 pens) LC
2014/15 won 3-0 Cabella, Ameobi, Gouffran
2013/14 won 4-1 Sissoko 2, Remy, Anita
2008/09 drew 1-1 S.Taylor
2008/09 drew 0-0 FAC
2007/08 lost 0-1 FR
2003/04 won 4-0 Chopra 2, Shola, Cort FR

Jacob Murphy, Jamaal Lascelles and Sean Longstaff remain in the first team squad from the 20 players who featured in 2018.

Confirming the Hull visit, Sky also report that "The Magpies will have already spent a week training in Germany." They don't give any further details but it's assumed they'll play at least one game during that training camp.

Earlier in the week, Leeds United advised their fans of a blanket ban by German authorities on crowds at any pre-season games in that country.

Contradicting the claim though, two other EFL sides have taken ticket allocations for similar kickabouts.

Coventry City fans will be able to attend their visit to Darmstadt in Germany, while Notts County followers can buy tickets for a meeting with Duisburg.

Following the success of last season's Sela Cup at SJP it was widely predicted that it would be repeated in 2024.

However that seems to be in doubt, with difficulty in securing three opponents leading to claims that United will play back to back home friendlies as in 2022.

The Newcastle United Supporters Club (NUSC) report that the two games at SJP could be on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th August rather than the previously-thought Saturday and Sunday as per 2023. 

There's still no word of opponents at SJP, with the rumour that a Spanish club have been lined up as yet unconfirmed.

Online searches reveal that La Liga sides Athletic Bilbao, Girona, Rayo Vallecano, Sevilla and Valencia all have pre-season fixture elsewhere that weekend.

Nippon 5:
Totally wired

Ahead of United's first games there in almost 30 years, our Japan correspondent Simon Moran recounts his early online experiences here

Internationals:
Copa latest

Two Magpies are at the Copa America, with Paraguay and Brazil both in Group D: 

Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil):
Fri 28.06.2024 Paraguay (n) won 4-1
Started - played 72 minutes.

Tue 25.06.2024 Costa Rica (n) drew 0-0
Started - played 90 minutes.

Wed 03.07.2024 Colombia (n) Santa Clara

Miguel Almiron (Paraguay):  
Fri 28.06.2024 Brazil (n) lost 1-4
Started - played 78 minutes.

Mon 24.06.2024 Colombia (n) lost 1-2
Started - played 59 minutes.

Tue 02.07.2024 Costa Rica (n) Austin

2024/25:
U21s learn cup foes

Newcastle U21s are one of 16 Premier League clubs entering this season's EFL Trophy, aka the Bristol Street Motors Trophy.

The group stage draw has placed them in Northern Group H and sees them visit Bradford City, Mansfield Town and Rotherham United.

The EFL list our ties as follows:

03.09.2024 Bradford City (a)
08.10.2024 Rotherham United (a)
12.11.2024 Mansfield Town (a)

This will be the eighth time that United have entered the Trophy, but they've failed to win a game in any of the last five seasons.

Sky Sports will televise all ties in this competition live in the UK next season. 

Update:
Teenager linked

Wednesday brought claims that Newcastle were close to completing the signing of 19 year-old Serbian Miodrag Pivas. 

The defensive midfielder was pictured on Tyneside ahead of a proposed switch from Serbian Super League side FK Jedinstvo.

Update:
Carrick confirmation

Following recent claims in The Chronicle, Newcastle United have confirmed a change to their Academy staff, U18 coach Graeme Carrick leaving the club.

Tempted back to his native Tyneside in August 2022 from a role at the FA, Carrick has left to join the first team staff at Championship side Middlesbrough - who are managed by elder brother Michael.

2024/25:
Saints up first

Newcastle's Premier League season begins with a home game against newly-promoted Southampton on Saturday August 17th.

That game wasn't selected for live UK TV transmission and has a 3pm kick-off.

Fixture list is online here 

Notes: 

Dates and kick-off times are subject to alteration, aside from the Southampton home opener and the final day fixture round.

Re: rescheduling, the PL are "committed to giving supporters a minimum of six weeks’ notice on UK broadcast selections until December 2024, and five weeks’ from January 2025 until Matchweek 37."

They've now also published "windows" during which those changes will appear, rather than specific days as in previous seasons:

Aug/Sep: 18th June to 5th July
Oct: 22nd July to 19th August
Nov: 2nd to 13th September
Dec/Jan: 16th September to 14th October
Feb: 14th November to 9th December
Mar: 2nd to 24th January
Apr: 27th January to 28th February
MW35: 17th to 21st March
MW36: 24th to 28th March
MW37: 31st March to 4th April
MW38: Following MW37

The mid-season break has been removed.

For the ninth time in ten top-flight seasons, Newcastle kick off with a home game, while their season ends on Tyneside for the first time since 2020.

Both meetings with Liverpool are scheduled on Wednesdays but we'll face Everton home and away at the weekend. Scheduling our Goodison visit ahead of an international break means that it cannot be on the Monday. 

The only obvious change required due to PL sides playing in Europe is October's visit to Chelsea, assuming they win their two-legged Conference League playoff tie in August. 

All PL festive games are listed under the following three dates: December 26th, December 29th and January 4th. Regardless of that, games will move for TV transmission and be scheduled throughout that period with the exception of December 24th/25th.

The FA Cup Final is on the penultimate Saturday of the season; with no PL games on Friday May 16th or Saturday 17th. All games that weekend including our visit to Arsenal are listed as Sunday 18th. It's feasible that one or more games could be Monday 19th.

Aside from the FA Cup Final as explained above, the only time that PL games are scheduled on the same weekend as an FA Cup Proper round is the Semi-Finals. We're due to host Ipswich Town that weekend.

That means that those PL sides who fail to reach the Quarter-Finals face being idle for over two weeks in mid to late March. 

2024/25 season Magpie Mover tickets are on sale to season ticket holders here. The price remains £25, more details here. 

NB: ST holders must be logged on to their NUFC ticket account on order to purchase Magpie Movers.

Due to transport funding restrictions, NUFC members cannot purchase Magpie Movers. 

White here, White now:
Len remembered

Coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of his passing, a special charity edition badge from Magpin celebrates the great Len White.

The badge is on sale here now and at the request of Len's family, all proceeds will be donated to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.

Although still omitted from the club's hall of fame, Len's place in Newcastle United history is beyond doubt; his tally of 153 goals exceeded only by Alan Shearer and Jackie Milburn and making him a worthy edition to the Geordie Legend badge series. 

Signed from Rotherham United in 1953, the Yorkshire miner served the Magpies until 1962 - injury limiting him to 269 games in our colours and depriving him of the England caps many observers had predicted.

Incoming:
Our Kelly 

Newcastle's first senior signing of the current transfer window is Lloyd Kelly, who will formally join the club on Monday upon the expiration of his Bournemouth contract.

The 25 year-old Bristol-born player who arrives on a free transfer signed a five-year deal and takes squad number 25. 

Kelly is reunited with his former Cherries managers Eddie Howe and Jason Tindall at Gallowgate and coach Graeme Jones.
 
The left-sided central defender played the first of 48 games for Bristol City in 2017, making a £13m switch to Bournemouth ahead of the 2019/20 campaign - and a home debut during Newcastle's 4-1 win there.

141 appearances for ex-England U20 and U21 international Lloyd while at the Vitality Stadium include 54 in the Premier League (47 starts).

Old boys:
Unlikely lads

SJP old boys with new clubs/jobs include:

Craig Bellamy (Burnley Interim Manager)
Adam Campbell (Hartlepool United)
Luke Charman (Hartlepool United)
Stephen Clemence (Barrow Head Coach)
Ryan Donaldson (Blyth Spartans)
Cameron Ferguson (Inverness CT)
Dan Gosling (Westfield)
Jamie Holmes (North Shields)
Jack Hunter (Hartlepool United)
Joselu (Al-Gharafa, Qatar)
Dan Langley (Morpeth Town)
Michael Newberry (Cliftonville)
Ben Pollock (Chester)
Dylan Stephenson (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Jude Smith (Carlisle United)
Lewis Suddick (North Shields)
Ben Tozer (Forest Green Rovers)
Kell Watts (Cambridge United)
Callum Williams (Tow Law Town)

Ex-Magpies looking for new clubs include:

Mehdi Abeid (Istanbul Basaksehir)
Chris Basham (Sheffield United)
Ciaran Clark (Stoke City) 
Shane Ferguson (Rotherham United)
Dwight Gayle (Derby County)
Paul Huntington (Carlisle United)
Kazenga LuaLua (Charlton Athletic)
Jonathan Mitchell (Harrogate Town)
Josef Yarney (Tranmere Rovers)

Off-field departures include:

Habib Beye (Red Star Paris)
Emre (Ankaragucu)
Steve Guppy (Nashville SC)
Kevin Nolan (West Ham)