The Newcastle United Post
Market17 Aug 2026
Newcastle United pay Al Ahli $22.1M for a proper upgrade
Al Ahli did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $22.1M for Amer Al Bloushi, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Market17 Aug 2026
Julio Soler is a Newcastle United player
The fee is $10.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Bournemouth drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Amer Al Bloushi gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Amer Al Bloushi has just signed for Newcastle United, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sven Botman signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sven Botman and Newcastle United agree another 5 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Bruno Guimarães in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newcastle United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Newcastle United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Market Thomas Jackson steps up from the Newcastle United academy
- Market Adam Butler steps up from the Newcastle United academy
- Squad Words at Newcastle United training over how hard people work
- Boardroom Newcastle United turn down the training-ground plan