Newcastle transfer list 5 players and could allow 2 others to leave this summer - Report

According to Mark Douglas from i news, Newcastle will transfer list Isaac Hayden, Ciaran Clark, Dwight Gayle, Karl Darlow and Matt Ritchie this summer - while Miguel Almiron and captain Jamaal Lascelles could also be moved on.

Following a busy January window, Newcastle are now faced with the issue of a 'top-heavy' squad and, if we are to continue our spending in the summer, we will need to make room by getting rid of the deadwood.

If we are to spend big in the coming months then there must be numerous outgoings in order to balance the books and comply with financial fair play regulations - the last thing we need is to become another Everton throwing money at big names with no means of subsidising it.

This could mean the departure of many who have almost become part of the furniture at the club - the likes of Ritchie, Hayden, Clark, Gayle, Darlow and Lascelles all played in our promotion season in 2016/17.

Although they have been loyal servants to the club, many of these players had been deemed not good enough for the top-flight years ago and their exits may just signal the very end of what's left of the Mike Ashley era.