It’s been a busy few days on the transfer front for Newcastle United.
While Alexander Isak sits somewhere on Tyneside throwing his toys out of the pram, the club have announced the £34m arrival of Malick Thiaw and could be set to follow that in the coming days with another addition.
The Mail’s Craig Hope reports that Newcastle are ‘pushing ahead’ with a deal to sign Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey, revealing that Tuesday night talks were progressing well for Howe’s ‘top midfielder target’ after links first emerged yesterday morning.
Fabrizio Romano has then followed that up with some even stronger claims, revealing that an agreement over a deal worth £40m is ‘almost done.’
Romano states that both clubs are finalising the terms of a transfer, claiming his famous ‘here we go’ is coming soon as we look to follow up moves for Elanga, Ramsdale and Thiaw with the arrival of another midfielder.
The 24-year-old ‘only wants Newcastle’ and will seemingly turn down any approach from West Ham to seal a move to St James’ Park.
🚨💣 Understand Newcastle are closing in on Jacob Ramsey deal with Aston Villa!
Agreement almost done for £40m package as clubs are finalising the deal and then… here we go. ⚪️⚫️🔜
Despite West Ham approach, Ramsey only wants Newcastle as #NUFC move is now imminent. pic.twitter.com/JNE7YABj2U
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 12, 2025
With only two years left on his deal and no agreement over a potential extension, it seems Newcastle have stepped in and moved quickly for another long-term target of Eddie Howe’s.
Ramsey is a strong runner, a goal threat and versatile midfielder able to play as a left-sided no. 8, out wide or even as a no. 10, adding athleticism, energy and versatility to our squad.
Massive upgrade on Willock, get it done then go get Kalimuendo
Absolutely glorious(Quote)
Don’t understand all the rubbish about a bad transfer window. So far we have got most of what was declared as necessary before the window opening for first time. A terrific replacement for Miggy, a long term CB target. A young GK comfortable with feet and it looks like a great midfield addition. Wissa will eventually join so we will have exactly what we set out to get.
Isak is from left side but for me it was always better to have two decent goal scorers. People forget that Isak was our only CF last season so was always going to be a high scorer.
If we can get another CF to replace Isak, Gordon, Barnes, Elanga, Ramsey, Wissa and Murphy will all get into double figures.
City signing new GK will make Trafford second choice, if we get the 150m for the petulant Swede (who will do the same to Liverpool when Real Madrid come calling) Etitke will discover he has made a bad call…… again.
So Conor Gallagher, a good CF and maybe another Tino. Life will be perfect.
Cuban Geordie(Quote)
Impose fines on Ishak, no play, no salary.
J(Quote)
Ramsey has had a lot of injuries and missed large amounts of game time .. villa fans on blogs are saying he has not performed to expectations , lot of injuries and is no longer trusted by Una Emery ., they are ok he is leaving .., which is not a good sign
Transfermkt have his value at €32 million !… still young so maybe if he keeps fit Effie will coach him back to his best ?
Mike(Quote)