Vlachodimos, Targett, Trippier, Hayden and Almiron are all available for transfer.

Dubravka (out of contract in summer) will either leave for nominal fee in January or on a free at the expiry of his deal. Club have extended Longstaff’s contract unannounced to protect their asset, he’s also likely to leave in the not-too-distant future.

Schar and Krafth will almost certainly sign contract extensions in the near future, keeping them on Tyneside past the expiry of their current deals in the summer. On the other hand, Ruddy, Gillespie, Lascelles and Wilson are set to run down their deals and leave on frees in the summer.

An inevitable “mini rebuild” is on the horizon in an attempt to reduce the average age & improve the depth and quality of our squad, with six signings projected over the next two windows (one or two max in January to facilitate an active summer PSR-wise) – consisting of one incoming from each position identified below:

GK (Pope backup/future replacement):

James Trafford – Burnley (22yo, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

Mads Hermansen – Leicester (24yo, 🇩🇰)
Potential fee ≈ £35-40m 💰

Marco Carnesecchi – Atalanta (24yo,🇮🇹)
Potential fee ≈ £35-40m 💰

Marcin Bulka – Nice (25yo, 🇵🇱)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

RCB (Schar backup/future replacement):

Bargains:

Abdukodir Khusanov – Lens (20yo, 🇺🇿)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

Juma Bah – Valladolid (18yo, 🇸🇱)
Potential fee ≈ £10-15m 💰

Joel Ordonez – Brugge (20yo, 🇪🇨)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

Premiums:

Malick Thiaw – Milan (23yo, 🇩🇪)
Potential fee ≈ £30-35m 💰

Ousmane Diomande – SCP (21yo, 🇨🇮)
Potential fee ≈ £45-50m 💰

Zeno Debast – SCP (21yo, 🇧🇪)
Potential fee ≈ £30-35m 💰

Note – Miodrag Pivas (19yo, 🇷🇸) not getting game time on loan at Willem II – Paul Mitchell unimpressed and considering January recall.

RB (Tino backup/Trippier replacement):

Marc Pubill – Almeria (21yo, 🇪🇸)
Potential fee ≈ £5-10m 💰

Michael Kayode – Fiorentina (20yo, 🇮🇹)
Potential fee ≈ £20-30m 💰

LCM/AM (Joelinton backup/future replacement):

Ibrahim Maza – Hertha Berlin (19yo, 🇩🇿)
Potential fee ≈ £10-15m 💰

Carney Chukwuemeka – CFC (21yo, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
Potential fee ≈ £20-25m 💰

RW (first-XI quality, young):

Roger Fernandes – Braga (19yo, 🇵🇹)
Potential fee = £20-30m 💰

Maghnes Akliouche – Monaco (22yo,🇫🇷)
Potential fee = £40-45m 💰

Johan Bakayoko – PSV (21yo, 🇧🇪)
Potential fee ≈ £30-40m 💰

Tyler Dibling – Southampton (18yo, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
Potential fee = £45-50m 💰

CF (young Isak backup/Wilson replacement):

Norman Bassette – Coventry (20yo, 🇧🇪)
Potential fee ≈ £10-15m 💰

Sindre Walle Egeli – FCN (18yo, 🇳🇴)
Potential fee ≈ £15-20m 💰