Newcastle United have confirmed Anthony Elanga’s squad number for the 2025/26 season. Elanga is Newcastle ’s first major summer signing, joining from Nottingham Forest for £55million last week.

Reflects Growing Pains of AmbitionDisrupted Plans and New PressuresIt was supposed to be a summer of refinement, not restructuring, for Newcastle United. Yet as Eddie

Following Callum Wilson’s exit and the failure to sign Joao Pedro or Hugo Ekitike, Newcastle have been left alarmingly short up top. Remove Isak and they appear toothless, which is unnerving given his durability will be tested across 2025-26 with the additional demands of Champions League football.

The transfer deals Newcastle United could look to complete before the summer transfer window comes to a close.

Yes, it was only pre-season and Celtic are much further down the track than Newcastle United in their preparations for the new campaign. The game at Parkhead was their fifth of the season while the Magpies had flown in off the back of an intense week in Austria at a training camp.

Bomb Squad defender Axel Disasi has been linked with a couple teams on the continent, most recently with Villarreal in La Liga, but the 27-year-old would prefer to stay in the Premier League. So he might be interested to hear that Newcastle United are continuing to also keep an eye on his situation, at least according to RMC Sport (via GFFN ).

Newcastle United squad audit: Who stays, who goes? By Jacob Whitehead and Thom Harris. June 5, 2023 Updated June 6, 2023. Snaking around the pitch they came.