The Newcastle United Post
Market17 Aug 2026
Newcastle United plan ahead with Amadou Onana from Aston Villa
The most awkward business a club does is signing tomorrow's answer while today's is still in the building. Amadou Onana comes from Aston Villa for exactly that purpose, and the handover will not be discussed publicly by anybody.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Newcastle United rebuffed over Robin Roefs
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sunderland have kept their man, and Newcastle United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Amadou Onana gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Amadou Onana has just signed for Newcastle United, and for once the answer mattered.
Market17 Aug 2026
Watford come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Newcastle United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Mateus Mané at that price
Newcastle United offered $6.1M; Wolverhampton said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
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
A falling-out at Newcastle United
Joelinton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Newcastle United spend $62.7M on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $62.7M for Amadou Onana, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Thomas Cook joins the Newcastle United first team
- Market Anthony Stewart steps up from the Newcastle United academy
- Squad Words at Newcastle United training over how hard people work