One Newcastle man will not be a part of Eddie Howe’s squad to take on Wolves this weekend after it emerged he had turned down the chance to leave the club in the summer, and now risks being frozen out entirely.
Difficult summer for Newcastle amid financial fair play concerns
It was not the transfer window that any at St James’ Park would have envisioned amid major concerns of breaching the Premier League’s financial fair play regulations and a failure to lure top talent to Tyneside.
The June 30th deadline to comply with FFP saw the Magpies forced into the sales of young duo Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson, fetching £65m for the pair, as Minteh joined Brighton for £30m and Anderson completed a £35m move to Nottingham Forest.
It ended speculation that the club could be forced into selling one of their established first team stars amid links between Anthony Gordon and Liverpool, as well as Alexander Isak and Arsenal. Speaking over the summer, midfielder Sean Longstaff admitted it felt as though everyone was up for sale as the Magpies rushed to raise funds.
We’re not stupid, we’d seen all the stuff with financial fair play (FFP) and who was on the table and who wasn’t on the table. At that point, the way it seemed, everyone had their price and unfortunately for Elliot and for us, he was the one who had to go”, he told the Athletic.
Newcastle’s summer signings | |
Player | Fee |
Odysseas Vlachodimos | €23.6m |
William Osula | €11.6m |
Lewis Hall | €33m |
John Ruddy | Free |
Lloyd Kelly | Free |