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Daily Mail North-East & England national team football correspondent. #nufc Find me here on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/@craighope_dailymail
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🚨 MAJOR UPDATE: Will Yoane Wissa play at Brentford?

🇳🇱 Sven Botman contract latest
🇩🇰 Champions want NUFC star
🔎 How new hierarchy will bolster academy talent
💰 And the clue there's major announcement due

⬇️ All in my NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL column...

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Newcastle Confidential: Wissa debut delayed and new timeframe revealed
CRAIG HOPE: Yoane Wissa is desperate to repay the faith and patience Newcastle showed by waiting six weeks over the summer before signing him on deadline day for £55m.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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🚨 NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL

⚫️ NUFC star's "near-miss" with young fan
❌ Why it's led to crackdown
🇩🇰 Decisions on Osula AND coach future
🎶 Why Local Hero was NOT played!
🇨🇩 Yoane Wissa return latest
🎄 Insider tip on Xmas TV picks

⬇️ My exclusive column

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EXCLUSIVE: Inside Newcastle's crackdown on autograph hunters
Newcastle have been considering taking action for some time but are also aware of the positive interactions that arise from fans, especially during the school holidays, enjoying a moment with the play...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🚨 EXC: Inside David Hopkinson's 100-DAY review of NUFC

🔎 CEO launches audit to transform club
🔜 Comings AND goings
📞 Why he took my call
👊 Hard-line message to staff
🎤 Why Howe is "Bruce Springsteen"
💰 New revenue driver revealed

⬇️ BIG READ

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NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL: Inside CEO David Hopkinson's 100-day review
Hopkinson is the only employee inside St James' Park who does not have a job - at least not in the nine-to-five sense. His role is both simpler and harder - to make sure everyone else is doing theirs.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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🚨 NUFC Q&A SPECIAL 🚨

🇨🇩 Has Wissa done his ACL? Will he go to AFCON? Big updates on both!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Hall timeframe revealed!

💰 Deal agreed for "next John Stones"!

🌲 Elliot Anderson to return?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ross Wilson... has he learnt from Mitchell mistakes?

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Newcastle Confidential Q&A - CRAIG HOPE answers your questions
We asked for your questions on all things NUFC, and our chief football reporter CRAIG HOPE has the answers to what you want to know…
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October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🔥 Dropping LIVE @ YouTube now!

🇩🇪 What I liked most about Nick Woltemade today...

🌟 And who gets the Merit Stars? Perhaps not who you'd think... #nufc

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🔥 Nick Woltemade… what Eddie Howe (& me) loved most!
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October 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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🚨 NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL IS BACK!

🏟️ Stadium DELAY revealed
🏗️ Training ground offer made
❌ MAJOR new crest update
🎫 Club close in on TOUTS among fanbase
🇹🇷 Lascelles to Turkey?

👇 All in my exclusive NUFC column 👇

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Revealed: The delays holding up Newcastle's new stadium
Sources have told Newcastle Confidential the planned order of announcements that the stadium must fall in behind. And there are more issues at hand, too.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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⚠️ Did Newcastle have a good window?

💣 How it came SO close to deadline-day disaster
🤯 "Yoane! Yonae!"
😱 The panicked screams inside training ground
😰 "It was f****** nervy!"

👇 INSIDE STORY of traumatic summer + MY VERDICT on what MUST change

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CRAIG HOPE: The untold tales of Newcastle's traumatic transfer window
Yoane Wissa was 'nearly in tears'. His lawyer, representatives and club staff were 'f***ing nervous!' The most traumatic transfer window in Newcastle United's history, climaxing on brand.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🚨 SHOCK DEVELOPMENT... NICK WOLTEMADE MOVE!

🤯 Inside story of a crazy week @ NUFC!
🐶 Reservoir Dogs on Alexander Isak's driveway!
🗣️ What secret talks mean for Liverpool move!

👇 BIG READ including EXCLUSIVE Woltemade news...

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EXC: What really happened inside Newcastle's showdown summit with Isak
At 4.45pm on Monday, as the TV trucks pulled into St James' Park and the glare of the world was on the home of Newcastle United, there was a fixture of equal significance kicking off in the suburbs.
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August 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🚨 My summer with NUFC... & why Isak actions will HELP them tonight!

🗣️ Howe's brilliant message
⛳️ Happy Gilmore relief for stars!
🤣 Bruno... "Oh, f****** hell!"
🍦 Isak's brush with ice-cream van!

🧨 BIG READ... ahead of tonight's fireworks!

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I spent all summer with Newcastle - these are the secrets only I saw
If one moment captured the conflict of Newcastle United's summer, it was Alexander Isak driving into the training ground and being forced to wait as an ice-cream van drove out.
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August 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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⚠️ Just dropping now over @ YouTube!

💣 Howe’s BOMBSHELL quotes on Isak… what do they mean?

❌ Has he played his last game for NUFC? Will his next be for Liverpool?

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💣 What do Howe's BOMBSHELL Isak quotes mean? He's REFUSED to play for NUFC?!
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August 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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🚨 ANTHONY GORDON: “I know what Alexander Isak is going through!”

🇰🇷 BIG INTERVIEW with NUFC star from here in Seoul

💣 Including the TRUTH on his Liverpool saga

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ANTHONY GORDON INTERVIEW: 'Football became a chore for me'
Last summer, Anthony Gordon was Alexander Isak. This year, he has something he wants to get off his chest about the past 12 months, and beyond.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🇰🇷 NUFC Q&A SPECIAL... FROM SEOUL 🇰🇷

🐴 "Dark horse" striker added to shortlist
😠 Why will top stars NOT sign?!
🇸🇪 Isak's dangerous mis-step
🦅 Guehi update
🧤 Trafford blunder

👇 BIG READ 👇

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Newcastle United Q&A: CRAIG HOPE answers everything you need to know
Our chief football reporter, Craig Hope, is with Newcastle in South Korea this week, and he asked for your questions from the capital Seoul today. There were more than 300 that landed!
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July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🚨 The INSIDE STORY of how Alexander Isak has come to want to leave Newcastle

😡 Paul Mitchell decision that infuriated Isak & reps
💰 Liverpool latest with detail of offer
🤔 Twist that could see him sign new deal
👀 Named: Big-ticket replacement eyed

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REVEALED: The truth about Isak and why he wants to leave Newcastle
When Newcastle reneged on what Alexander Isak thought was the promise of a new contract last summer, it was always likely to be a case of when and not if he would tell the club he wanted to leave
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July 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🚨 NUFC Q&A SUMMER SPECIAL 🚨

💰 Two PL strikers on list of targets!
🇸🇪 Will Isak take No.9? Will he sign new deal?
🧤 Trafford... key date looms
⚽️ Calvert-Lewin update
🔵 What I was told when floating Tino to City!

👇 Bumper Newcastle Confidential 👇

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Newcastle Confidential Q&A special: Two shock Premier League targets
NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL: We asked for your questions for this Newcastle Confidential Q&A Summer Special, and the response was fantastic - more than 150 replies!
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July 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🚨 WHAT HAPPENS NOW AT NUFC?

💰 Budget revealed
🧤 Keeper offer expected
❓ Big Isak question
🔎 CAA search for CEO
🤔 But it's all a little dysfunctional...

👇 BIG READ 👇

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Newcastle transfer news: Who they want in £100m Champions League spree
CRAIG HOPE: Heading into the biggest summer in the club's recent history, Newcastle will operate with an outgoing sporting director and outgoing chief executive.
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May 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🚨 THE END OF AN ERROR... The inside story of Paul Mitchell & NUFC

😡 What squad & staff thought of introductions
😨 Fears Howe could be forced out
➡️ High-profile boss players believed he'd bring in
💰 The Toon stars he claimed were overpriced

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EXC: Inside Paul Mitchell's Newcastle and why he was doomed from start
CRAIG HOPE: It took only a few days, but after arriving on Tyneside and approaching diplomacy the same way a bull does china, the writing was on the wall for Paul Mitchell.
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May 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🚨 NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL

🇸🇪 Isak fitness update + future hint
🏟️ New stadium detail revealed
🔍 Champo star "like Lampard" watched
🚜 Delap latest
💰 New director considered

👇 This & more in my NUFC column...

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NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL: Isak fitness update and new stadium details
NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL:
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May 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🚨 NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL

📸 Truth about leaked crest (image included)
🇩🇪 Revealed: Dortmund duo watched
🟣 Update: Barnes/Villa/Ramsey swap
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 What Ashworth role means for Howe
🇳🇱 Botman latest
🌍 Africa scouting mission

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May 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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🚨 NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL Q&A SPECIAL

💉 Joelinton/Schar injury updates
😲 Shock name admired by Villa
🔎 £67m striker watched (& he scored a belter)
😎 My ideal NUFC summer signings
⬅️ Who will go?

👇 Your questions answered!

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Newcastle Confidential Special: Which £67m striker is being scouted?
NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL SPECIAL: We asked for your questions for Newcastle Confidential last Thursday and, so popular did it prove, we've stuck with it this week.
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May 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🚨 NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL Q&A SPECIAL 🚨

🦅 Why Guehi is back on
🐝 Mbuemo/Cunha update
🏟️ Stadium latest
✍️ Wilson/Longstaff to stay?
🇨🇮 Wilfried Singo? What I've been told...

👇 And much more in my NUFC column 👇

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NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL SPECIAL: All of YOUR questions answered
This week's Newcastle Confidential asked for your questions - and thank you for the scores that came in. From stadiums to transfers to contracts and sponsorship, no subject was left unexplored.
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May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Why NUFC will make Matheus Cunha a top target this summer

🇸🇪 Isak future twist
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gordon fitness update #fpl
🔍 Nickson’s Africa mission
🏴 Why you’ll LOVE @worflags latest

👇 And more in Newcastle Confidential

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Why Newcastle will make £62.5m Matheus Cunha a top transfer target
NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL: Every top Premier League club has been credited with an interest in the 25-year-old in recent months and he represents an ambitious target for the Magpies.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle & Spurs in talks over lucrative friendly in Seoul

🇸🇬 Likely PL oppo in Singapore revealed
🎤 Why Town Moor show was nearly cancelled
🏟️ After-party politics so significant re new stadium
🕺 Player disciplined for nightclub visit

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Newcastle parade show was nearly cancelled last minute
NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL: Newcastle are in talks over a lucrative pre-season friendly against Tottenham in Seoul, Confidential can reveal.
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April 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🚨 NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL 🚨

🇦🇪 Party pics from Dubai!
🎉 Timings & more detail of Town Moor party!
🔴 Liverpool rematch mooted
🏟️ What stadium plans mean for Euro 28
🏅 Do Miggy & Kelly get medals?

👇 My bumper news column from inside NUFC 👇

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EXC: How Newcastle partied after cup win - and how you can join them
NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL: Once the stag do leg of Newcastle's stay in Dubai is over, the footballs will come out - but there is another sport where the action will be far more competitive.
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March 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle defender Dan Burn set for his FIRST England call-up as part of Thomas Tuchel's squad tomorrow

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Full story...

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Dan Burn set to be included in Thomas Tuchel's first England squad
EXCLUSIVE BY CRAIG HOPE: Burn, who can play at left-sided centre half and left back, has been outstanding for Newcastle this season and a regular in Eddie Howe's team.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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⚡️ Wow, here is the current scene on the Thames!

🎥 A @sela takeover of the Millbank Tower ahead of a Geordie takeover this weekend!
March 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM