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Wijnaldum won’t be making move back to Magpies
Newcastle have reportedly been dealt a blow in their hopes to capture former Midfielder Gini Wijnaldum in January on a six-month loan deal to help bolster the Magpies chances of Premier League survival.
The Magpies were one of the Premier League clubs linked with Wijnaldum recently, but it seems the Netherlands international has decided against taking up the offer of a second spell at St James’ Park.
The 31-year-old left Liverpool at the end of last season and joined French giants PSG where he has failed to break into the first team due to the competition for places in Pochettino’s side.
Marco Verratti, Danilo Pereira, Leandro Parades, Ander Herrera and Idrissa Gueye all battle for a starting place in the middle of the park.
Wijnaldum has made his feelings clear about heading back to England, with Arsenal looking to accelerate their transfer pursuit of the Dutch veteran. A permanent move is not out of the equation, however, but it would cost any potential suitor in the region of £15million, according to Fichajes.
It will be interesting to see how this saga develops, as there may still be other clubs in the running to sign Wijnaldum, but Football Insider report that a move to Newcastle has been ruled out.
Wijnaldum said in October that he was “not completely happy” in Paris due to his lack of playing time.
He told Dutch news outlet NOS: “I can’t say I’m completely happy, because the situation is not what I wanted.
“But that’s football and I’ll have to learn to deal with that. I’m a fighter. I have to stay positive and work hard to turn it around.
Eddie Howe has been tipped to bring in a number of major reinforcements during the January transfer window and the former Magpies was a name that had been linked with the club by a number of well-respected news outlets.
The Saudi-led takeover of the club after 14-years under Mike Ashley’s stewardship means that Newcastle has become relevant once again in the transfer window as the club has a large amount of money at its disposal.
However, due to the current situation at the club who sit 19th in the Premier League, 2 points adrift of relegation have won just once in the first half of the campaign, the owners are struggling to get key deals over the line.
The Magpies have the joint-worst defensive record in the league, shipping 42 goals in their opening 19 fixtures and desperately need to improve things at the back if they are to retain their top-flight status come the end of the season.
Wijnaldum was just one name in a list of hundreds linked with the club and NUFC fans looked forward to see if a deal could be agreed to bring the Dutchman back to St James’ Park. He would have certainly improved the side both going forward and in defence.
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Newcastle United have submitted their official squad to UEFA for the 2023/24 Champions League group stage.
‘List A’ includes 23 senior players, while ‘List B’ will include two homegrown youngsters in Elliot Anderson and Lewis Miley; who’ll both be eligible to feature.
Four senior players have been left out which may not be a suprise to many NUFC fans, with Matt Ritchie, Javier Manquillo, Emil Krafth and Mark Gillespie all missing out of Eddie Howe’s squad.
Here’s the full ‘List A’ squad that’s been sent over to UEFA ahead of our group stages games against PSG, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan:
- Miguel Almirón
- Harvey Barnes
- Sven Botman
- Dan Burn
- Martin Dúbravka (GK)
- Paul Dummett
- Anthony Gordon
- Bruno Guimarães
- Lewis Hall
- Alexander Isak
- Joelinton
- Loris Karius (GK)
- Jamaal Lascelles
- Tino Livramento
- Sean Longstaff
- Jacob Murphy
- Nick Pope (GK)
- Fabian Schär
- Matt Targett
- Sandro Tonali
- Kieran Trippier
- Joe Willock
- Callum Wilson
Newcastle champions league fixtures were recently confirmed, see below..
- Matchday 1: AC Milan v Newcastle United – 19th September, 5.45m
- Matchday 2: Newcastle United v Paris Saint-Germain – 4th October, 8pm
- Matchday 3: Newcastle United v Borussia Dortmund – 25th October, 8pm
- Matchday 4: Borussia Dortmund v Newcastle United – 7th November, 5.45pm
- Matchday 5: Paris Saint-Germain v Newcastle United – 28th November, 8pm
- Matchday 6: Newcastle United v AC Milan – 13th December, 8pm
How far can NUFC go in the competition?
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Newcastle United loanee Yankuba Minteh has scored his first competitive goal for Feyenoord, scoring in Sunday’s 5-1 win over FC Utrecht.
After starting in their 6-1 win over Almere City last weekend, the Gambian teenager came off the bench and scored in stoppage time, rounding the goalkeeper and finishing calmly to seal another convincing victory for the Dutch champions.
This rounds off a positive few weeks for the 19-year-old winger, who was our first summer signing after sealing a £6m move from Danish side Odense.
Last month he helped spark a comeback draw away to local rivals Sparta Rotterdam, before starting his first Eredivisie game against Almere. Now, he’s come off the bench and bagged his first goal for the club.
See the goal here
GOAAAAAAL
Yankuba Minteh
FC Utrecht: 1-5 :Feyenoord#utrfey pic.twitter.com/E7eh4Fz5gK— ‘ Burak | Dutch League #Eredivisie 🇹🇷🇳🇱 (@DutchLeagues) September 3, 2023
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