According to Sky Sports, Newcastle United are keen to sign Burnley’s Nick Pope this summer.
The England international is expected to leave after the Clarets suffered relegation to the second tier on the final day of the 2021/22 season, with our 2-1 win at Turf Moor ultimately sending them down last month.
A few weeks on, Sky Sports’ North-East correspondent Keith Downie has today revealed that we are showing interest in the 30-year-old.
The 6ft 5′ stopper is deemed ‘likely’ to leave this summer, however one goalkeeper who looks unlikely to arrive is Man Utd’s Dean Henderson.
Despite ‘interest’ from Newcastle, fellow Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth has confirmed that newly-promoted Nottingham Forest are ‘close’ to agreeing a deal to sign the 25-year-old on an initial loan which includes an option to buy for £20m next summer.
Back to Pope, he’s proven himself to be a solid Premier League goalkeeper over the past few seasons, playing a key role in Burnley’s spell in the top flight, however he’s certainly not the ball-playing goalkeeper many expected Eddie Howe to pursue.
