Newcastle United set to lose another key player as Man United take advantage of Eddie Howe bombshell<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newcastle United set to lose another key player as Man United take advantage of Eddie Howe bombshell<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newcastle have already lost two key players this summer, and more could follow…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newcastle United could be set for more heartache this summer as another key player could follow Eddie Howe out the door at St James’ Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eddie Howe’s shock departure from Newcastle was confirmed on Thursday morning after their humiliating 4-1 pre-season defeat to Bristol City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Englishman was appointed in November 2021, succeeding Steve Bruce when Newcastle were 19th in the Premier League, shortly after a consortium led by PIF completed its takeover of the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Howe achieved incredible success in the North East and ended their 70-year trophy drought in 2025 with a Carabao Cup triumph, while leading them into the Champions League twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Ben Jacobs, the 48-year-old informed Newcastle’s hierarchy he wanted to leave several weeks ago but agreed to stay on until a replacement was found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al Ahli boss Matthias Jaissle appears to be the Magpies’ top target to replace Howe, and he currently works for a club also majority-owned by the PIF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jaissle is an unknown quantity to those in the Premier League, but what isn’t unknown is that Howe’s exit was fuelled in part by multiple high-profile exits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newcastle sold Anthony Gordon to Barcelona for \u00a370 million before Sandro Tonali joined Tottenham for a whopping \u00a392.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Captain Bruno Guimaraes is also pushing to join Arsenal, and the Brazilian isn’t the only player potentially heading for the exit door as their mass exodus continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Man United are weighing up a move for Lewis Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Newcastle have signed four players this summer who are all aged 20 and under, including Bazoumana Traore, Aladji Bamba, Sean Steur and Ewen Jaouen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But while it appears the Toon are building for the future, they could lose someone who should be a huge part of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Sun, Manchester United are looking to take advantage of their dire situation by prising left-back Lewis Hall to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Red Devils are reportedly weighing up a move for the 21-year-old and see him as a long-term replacement for Luke Shaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckhurst does state that the defender could stay at St James’ Park depending on who replaces Howe, but an added complication is that Newcastle haven’t sold a player to United since Andy Cole\u2019s then-British record \u00a37m move in January 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While that could prove to be a major stumbling block, United’s admiration for Hall is well documented, and his performances in the Premier League last season only strengthened their interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hall made 46 appearances in all competitions, including 10 outings in the Champions League, as he firmly established himself as one of Europe’s most promising left-backs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Slough-born defender was unfortunate to miss out on Thomas Tuchel’s England squad, with the German selecting the likes of Djed Spence and Dan Burn ahead of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A modern, progressive full-back, Hall is technically secure with the ball at his feet, aggressive out of possession and a strong runner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hall would be a huge upgrade on Shaw, while United are also prepared to cash in on teenage left-back Harry Amass for just \u00a36 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United set to lose another key player as Man United take advantage of Eddie Howe bombshell Newcastle…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[12,13],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newcastle-united","tag-newcastle-united","tag-premier-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spheresports.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}