Eddie Howe comments on Newcastle United summer transfer plans totally misrepresented | OneFootball

On Sunday, Eddie Howe and his players confirmed Champions League football for Newcastle United, now the following Sunday it will be the 2025 summer transfer window opening.

The first of them anyway.

Sunday 1 June will see Newcastle United and the other Premier League clubs able to officially sign players, until 7pm on Tuesday 10 June.

Then the second 2025 summer transfer window opens on 16 June and lasts until 7pm on 1 September.

A busy time is hoped for and expected with Newcastle United,, especially with incoming signings.

So much nonsense in the media when it comes to the transfer market and nowhere more so than when it comes to what they write and say about Newcastle United.

Anything that is said by Eddie Howe and others at St James’ Park, likely to be misrepresented.

Now I have seen exactly that come into play now, two statements that the Newcastle United has recently made, with now a ‘u-turn’ claimed by some media.

Only weeks ago, Eddie Howe spoke about summer 2025 and the transfer market. He made the point that unlike a year ago, Newcastle United would be under zero pressure to sell any players before the 2024/25 financial year ends on 30 June 2025, that the club are comfortably within the rolling PSR three year limits on allowed losses.

Indeed, Eddie Howe said that whilst in June 2024 Newcastle had been forced to sell players they would have preferred to have kept (Minteh and Anderson). Howe now stated that in June 2025 United could well turn from hunted to hunter and take advantage potentially of other clubs finding themselves having to sell players before 30 June 2025 in order to get back within PSR three year limits. The NUFC boss clearly indicating that United’s PSR position would allow ambitious spending in June, in this financial year, they wouldn’t have to necessarily wait until July to act.

Some of those in the media have now claimed that there is some kind of conflict between what Eddie Howe said (detailed above) weeks and what the Head Coach has now said after Champions League football has now been confirmed.

Eddie Howe speaking after the 2024/25 Premier League season’s end:

“Of course, it’s much easier for me to bring in a readymade, established, world class player.

“But, I don’t think we have done that since I have been here, because we haven’t been able to financially.

“We are not in the position of the other clubs.

“We have to bring new signings in and then try to make them that (world class players).

“I don’t envisage that changing because of the PSR restraints on us.

“Speed is key for us and I have reiterated that many times internally.

“Speed is key because we have to be dynamic, we have to be ready to conclude things very quickly, because good players don’t hang around for long.”

There is no conflict in what Eddie Howe has said in these two statements/conversations weeks apart.

You can still show real ambition and bring in quality new players, whilst at the same time not bringing in the most obvious older players with long histories of success elsewhere.

The model at Newcastle United has been made crystal clear to everybody, the fans and the media.

Eddie Howe recruited a £63m Isak at the age of 22, a 23 year old Tonali for £55m, a 21 year old Gordon for £40m, an 18 year old Hall for £28m, a 20 year old Livramento for £38m, a 22 year old Botman for £35m and so on…

Serious money spent BUT not at the levels that many rivals spend at.

Newcastle United having to AND wanting to speculate money on players who have shown promise and in some cases already won stuff (Tonali a Serie A winners medal, Botman a Ligue 1 winners medal). However, players in the early stages of their careers who have potential to improve on the pitch and increase in value.

By taking brave moves on identified younger talent, Newcastle United having far more chance of getting top quality players of the future, at lower prices than their future values will be.

In June (and indeed in July and August as well), I would far more believe it if Newcastle United were linked with spending £60m on a 21 or 22 year old, than say £30m on a 28 or 29 year old.

The transfer model employed by Eddie Howe and the Newcastle United owners has paid spectacular dividends, both on and off the pitch.