Newcastle to sell £120k-p/w star in PIF bid this summer

Newcastle United have decided to part ways with one of their key men ahead of the new season, it has emerged, as they look to continue their quest for Premier League glory.

Newcastle United's summer business has been slow so far

It's been a difficult start to the summer for Eddie Howe's side, with the Premier League's FFP rules forcing them to do more business than they would have liked.

The need to comply ahead of the June 30 deadline saw the Magpies sell top-flight partners Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh to Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest and Brighton.

So far, they have only been able to recruit for a limited amount of money, despite the wealth of the PIF behind the Magpies. The only signings so far have been Lloyd Kelly and John Ruddy, who arrived on free transfers, and Odysseas Vlachodimos, who moved to St James' Park as part of the deal that took Anderson to the Forest.

It is hoped that they will be able to add new faces to their squad before the start of the new season, which will see them face newly promoted Southampton on the opening day of the campaign. According to The Telegraph, the Magpies have been offered a £100m budget ahead of further sales, while The Athletic previously claimed the club wanted “a right-back and a full-back, with a striker likely to be signed”.

But most of the exits were not released, and now it seems that they have made a decision about one of their stars.

The £120k-p/w star is set to leave for Newcastle

That comes in the form of regular captain and veteran defender Kieran Trippier, who the club have now decided to sell according to new reports.

The defender was Howe's first signing on Tyneside and has gone on to make 92 appearances for Newcastle, grabbing four goals and 21 assists in the process and cementing himself as a modern-day legend at the club.

But he is now 33 and finds himself on the sidelines through injury, and is also coming to the final 12 months of his £120,000-a-week contract at the club, a contract that makes him one of the highest paid players. St James Park.

According to reliable reporter Scott Wilson of the Northern Echo, all of this means that the defender is “on the verge of leaving” this summer, with club officials, and by extension the PIF, “more keen” to sell the defender this summer than they are. it was January when they turned down an offer from Bayern Munich.

It added that the defender is “a matter of increasing interest” from the two sides in Saudi Arabia, with official negotiations “expected” in the coming weeks and the club is “looking for an engineer to leave”.

The move could see Newcastle sign another right-back, although they already have the talented Tino Livramento waiting in the wings and it is added that he is now considered first choice, likely to face his old club on matchday one. of the campaign.