Eddie Howe has confirmed that Newcastle United are working “relentlessly” on completing summer signings with at least three or four arrivals expected on Tyneside this summer.
Significant investment is anticipated, with the likes of Bryan Mbeumo, Marc Guehi, Liam Delap and James Trafford part of the early conversation surrounding our plans for the upcoming transfer window.
The window will open early between June 1st and June 10th due to an “exceptional registration period” relating to the Club World Cup, but work will have started long before the official date with Howe now joining sporting director Paul Mitchell and head of recruitment Steve Nickson in our mission to bolster the squad.
Howe on transfer preparations
Asked about our plans heading into the summer and the work that’s being put in behind the scenes, Howe insisted that the club are working “relentlessly” around recruitment, with his input also stepping up as we edge closer to the window opening next month.
Speaking to the media this morning, Howe said: “Well, I think even though we haven’t signed a lot of players in the last few windows, the work’s never stopped.
”And the work will never stop, so that goes on behind the scenes relentlessly.
“Of course I take more prominence towards the sort of the windows opening, so, yeah, I’m doing a little bit of work at the moment.”
Four priorities – but funds aren’t endless
Newcastle will have much more wiggle room this summer from a PSR perspective, but a flurry of reports yesterday warned that the club will have to be strategic in their approach to four priority positions.
As The Telegraph’s Luke Edwards highlighted below, Newcastle want Brentord’s Bryan Mbeumo, although a £60m deal is not straightforward when the club also plan to sign a goalkeeper, centre-back and striker without breaking the bank.
In a post on X, he said: ‘Newcastle cannot sign four £60m-70m players this summer. So they have to be strategic. They really like Mbeumo and are likely to firm up that interest but Brentford will, rightly, hold out for as much as they can get. They don’t have to sell if they don’t want to.’
