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Mark Douglas
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✍️ Northern Football Correspondent, i paper
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🤔 'We're here to compete' was #nufc mantra in 2023. But against the top 6 this season, they can't.

Eddie Howe, Ross Wilson and the rest have so much work to do this year. Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Alexander Isak saga has knocked Newcastle out of the elite
Defeat at Anfield exposed what a troubling transitional season this has become for Newcastle. There are three possible fixes - but none of them are easy
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February 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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⚫️⚪️ Is Lewis Hall the best left-back in Europe right now?

✍️ He has to start for @england - and #nufc need to start talking over new deal.

A great #nufc performance - and a night Howe critics should heed. Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Newcastle’s Lewis Hall is the best left-back in England - and possibly Europe
Hall has given Thomas Tuchel a no-brainer while giving his club a transfer headache
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January 29, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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🚨 What's gone wrong at #nufc this season - and how they'll fix it

⚫️ Recruitment 'reset' after 'panic' of summer - new markets eyed
⚪️ Howe has total PIF support
⚫️ Tactical malaise?
⚪️ 4th in xPts table & stats show press is still ferocious

Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Newcastle spent £260m and got worse - four ways they're fixing it
Plus: why Newcastle are convinced transfers are not the answer
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January 28, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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🚨 'I'm a football maniac - who owns a club' Exclusive interview w/ #hcafc owner Acun Ilicali 🐯

🟠 'We created a family in Hull'
🟠 Surprise 5th signing?
🟠 'Rosenoir's Guardiola style.. but I don't like Pep ball!'
🟠 No Jan sale for Hughes

Big read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
I sacked Liam Rosenior at Hull - but he can be Chelsea's next Jose
Hull City owner Acun Ilicali talks to The i Paper's Mark Douglas about the 2024 sacking, the Tigers' transfer plans, and the search for a feeder club
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January 24, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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🚨 Newcastle United set up date with @ChampionsLeague destiny.

⚪️ How the club set up with Europe in mind this season
⚫️ £18m match next week - with ramifications for a 'big' year in the market
⚪️ Wissa sharp, Botman sublime - signs of progress?

Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The £18m game deciding Newcastle's transfer business
Magpies have added a highly-rated Club Brugge left-back to their wish list
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January 22, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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🔵 #efc prioritising loan moves in January - with intention to 'go big' in the summer.

🔵 Investigated two striker moves... but RB the focus 🔎
⚪️ To invest or not to invest? 💸
🔵 Revealed: PSR headroom for the summer 📈

Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Everton plot £70m summer transfer spree after frustrating January
A big summer is planned, with five January targets falling through
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January 20, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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⚫️⚪️ In defence of Nick Woltemade. His critics are missing the point! ⚪️⚫️

⚫️ Lean spell - but stats show he's settled better than expected
⚪️ Signed to 'change' #nufc style so time to experiment
⚫️ 2 striker alternatives looked at

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Newcastle's critics are missing the point about Nick Woltemade
The £69m striker's stats should silence those who want Newcastle to cut their losses
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January 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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🚨 Inside #nufc January plan 🚨

⚫️ #nufc step up defender hunt - but strict parameters
⚪️ Price of Woolsington training ground land revealed - as PIF go BIG
⚫️ Scalvini? Methalie? Targett recall? Latest on all
⚪️ Four new appointments 🔜

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Inside Newcastle's January plans - and why they're setting aside £200m
Newcastle's realistic targets are overseas as they target defensive reinforcements
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January 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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🚨 EXC: Inside Ross Wilson's #nufc 'loans review'..

⚫️ 'As much investment as anyone except Chelsea'
⚪️ What really happened with cancelled Cordero loan
⚫️ The two-year plan for a multi-club model - and 5 countries shortlisted

Big read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Newcastle hold inquest into struggling loans - with three fixes planned
How Newcastle plan to become 'top of the class' by revamping their loan system
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January 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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🚨 Inside 'Operation protect Lewis Miley at all costs'....

⚫️ 'Any club in @premierleague' would take him - but no repeat of Elliot Anderson
⚪️ January PSR plan to keep star assets

Plus news in here on how club will respond in market to Schar injury 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Why Lewis Miley holds the key to Newcastle's transfer plans
The sky is the limit for the precocious 19-year-old who has won plenty of admirers
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January 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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✍️ Events at #mufc & #cfc show Eddie Howe critics: be careful what you wish for. 🤫

Last 15/17 managerial changes in the PL have been a disaster. #nufc have a good thing going.

Piece here (also with details on change in recruitment policy) 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Sacking Eddie Howe would be lunacy - look at Man Utd and Chelsea
Howe should never be taken for granted no matter how Newcastle's chaotic season pans out
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January 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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🚨 Liam Rosenoir is among thr front runners for #cfc, The i Paper understands.

Impressive guy, spoke to him when he was at #hcafc. But obviously big step up.

Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Enzo Maresca set to leave Chelsea with ex-Hull boss in contention to take over
Maresca’s frosty relationship with the board has finally broken down
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January 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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🚨 How #nufc will try to turn around their season in 2026

⚫️ Howe backing - 'He's earned our trust & confidence because he deserves it' 💪
⚪️ January salvation? Stance revealed 🤔
⚫️ Combinations key 🔑

Playing 3 of bottom 5 next. Failure unthinkable. Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Four ways Newcastle can save their miserable season
Radical changes are needed to pull the Magpies out of their slump
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December 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🤔 Evolution in January... then revolution in the summer. How #efc plan to attack transfer window.

🔵 Moyes' wish.. but TFG 'big picture'
🔵 Utilising 'agent Grealish'
🔵 2 #mufc stars on list / loans more likely
🔵 What PSR situation is

Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Everton's January transfer plans to target Man Utd duo and use 'agent Grealish'
Plus: the Toffees' stance on Ivan Toney and what PSR means for their budget
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December 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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🚨 #nufc planning overhaul of goalkeeping department - and £20m exile wants to be part of it.

Exclusive Odysseas Vlachodimos interview..

⚫️ #nufc frustration - and promises not kept
⚪️ 'Being important again' at Sevilla ⚫️ Those PSR rumours

Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The £20m Newcastle exile dreaming of a return
Odysseas Vlachodimos made just one appearance before joining Sevilla on loan - he speaks exclusively to The i Paper about his strange situation at St James' Park
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December 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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🤔 Matt Targett or a long-term target?

Why #nufc - and Eddie Howe - face the biggest January transfer window of the PIF era (and what we're hearing) 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Newcastle's plans for their biggest transfer window of PIF era
Eddie Howe to target a £50m addition, full-backs and an emergency sticking plaster
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December 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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These two things can be true: there's valid questions of Howe at #nufc and where things are going (recruitment, system, transitioning to a team that controls games) but arguing for him to be replaced is massively knee jerk and would be ruinous.

Feels like a big night tonight to start a big week...
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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🚨 Inside #nufc response to derby disaster that caused 'sleepless night'

⚪️ The early morning phone calls between club power brokers
⚫️ 'Time for unity' inside club & Howe future
⚪️ Added urgency on January defender plan & loan recall pondered

Details 👇
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Where Newcastle's owners stand on Howe - and January transfer plans revealed
The Magpies suffered a humiliating defeat against rivals Sunderland, raising further questions about a summer of recruitment that seems to have missed the mark
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December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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🗣️ Well that was dreadful for #nufc. Real questions for Eddie Howe after Wear-Tyne derby no show.

⚫ Anthony Elanga dreadful as lights go out on front three
⚫ Something feels broken - especially away from home
⚫ Where do they go now?

Analysis 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The £55m Newcastle flop who sums up Eddie Howe's growing headache
Sunderland claim Wear-Tyne derby bragging rights after Nick Woltemade's own goal
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December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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😯 Petty statements, 'scum' chants... and trying to get a viral picture wiped off the internet.

🔴⚫️ What it's really like to cross the Sunderland-Newcastle divide - and why tomorrow's game is 'all about who has got the minerals' #nufc #safc

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Sunderland always beat Newcastle - I realised why as soon as I joined
Jack Colback was the last player to swap Wearside for St James' Park
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December 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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'If we want to spend in January, we can..' #nufc

⚫️ NO PSR worries next month
⚪️ What's being talked about in recruitment meetings
⚫️ 'Dream signing' - and January targets
⚪️ Latest on contract talks with Tino & Botman
⚫️ First 'data window'

Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
What Newcastle will do in January - including two possible sales
Returning for James Trafford is one possibility, while the club also admire an up-and-coming AZ Alkmaar midfielder
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December 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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🚨 '#nufc will be one of the top clubs in the WORLD by 2030.. & CAN win the Premier League'

CEO David Hopkinson BIG interview

🏟 Now considering SJP upgrades as stadium not ready for yrs
🏠 Big investment to make Training Ground 10/10
🚀 'We're a rocket ship'

Loads here 👇
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Inside Newcastle's plan to win the Premier League by 2030
Five key takeaways from the interview with Newcastle CEO David Hopkinson include a significant update on St James’ Park
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December 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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⚫️⚪️⚫️ How many times do I have to say it... don't panic.

7pts from 9, #nufc are getting better & they intend to invest in January.

Analysis as a BIG December starts with frustration 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Eddie Howe's Newcastle have an unexpected problem
That £250m summer spend hasn't fixed Newcastle's biggest issue
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December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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This is exactly my interpretation of this season! Everywhere you look it's boom and bust. Everton finished on Saturday night, suddenly 3 pts off the top 3.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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My biggest frustration is that this is a bang average Premier League and had Newcastle not had the summer from hell (possibly a slight exaggeration) they would have been close to challenging Arsenal.

As it is they're groping for form, consistency and fluency with the rest of the league...
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM