George Cooper

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Newcastle United U18
12 Jun 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for George Cooper

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The Newcastle United Post

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Newcastle United sell Malick Thiaw for $47.7M

Malick Thiaw has left for Leeds United in a $47.7M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

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.

Match

Newcastle United get the job done against Birmingham

A 2‑1 win over Birmingham, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

One of those days for Harvey Barnes

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.90, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Joelinton

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Boardroom

A promise the Newcastle United board did not keep

There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.

Market

Newcastle United sign Jack Palmer, one for the future

Jack Palmer is 15, and Newcastle United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Newcastle United sign George Cooper, one for the future

George Cooper is 15, and Newcastle United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Newcastle United buy the years ahead of Nicholas Turner

He is 15, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

In brief