{"id":734695,"date":"2026-08-11T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/734695\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T16:08:12","slug":"newcastle-united-press-conference-matthias-jaissle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/734695\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle United press conference: Matthias Jaissle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle in market for experienced midfielderpublished at 16:16 BST<\/p>\n<p>16:16 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2b1db557-7a8b-47e7-96ee-d8afd7f81c1f.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Ciaran Kelly<br \/>BBC Sport Newcastle United reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matthias Jaissle\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/692682aa-288d-4f7f-a8e8-a8f6dee60cd5.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nathan in Morpeth: Has there been anything about Newcastle midfielders?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is a recognition internally that Newcastle need to add some experience in the middle of the park following the arrivals of Aladji Bamba, 20, and Sean Steur, 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is one of the main reasons why the club explored a possible move for Marseille captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 31-year-old is a vocal figure, who has also had the benefit of previously spending eight seasons in the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, it was stressed last week that the Dane was only one of a handful of options Newcastle were considering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The other names on that list are being closely guarded, but I would expect Newcastle to sign another midfielder and a full-back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Then, depending on head coach Matthias Jaissle\u2019s assessment of the current squad, the club could potentially move for another player beyond that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle in market for experienced midfielderpublished at 16:16 BST 16:16 BST Ciaran KellyBBC Sport Newcastle United reporter Image&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-734695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}