{"id":98861,"date":"2025-08-28T14:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/98861\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:16:18","slug":"newcastle-working-on-signing-players-at-unexpected-position-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/98861\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Working On Signing Players at Unexpected Position: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Newcastle United\u2019s transfer focus may change in the final week of the window after injuries to Joelinton and Sandro Tonali left Eddie Howe short in midfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6575608\/2025\/08\/27\/newcastle-isak-al-rumayyan-transfer-window\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Waugh of The Athletic<\/a> reports that while the club\u2019s priority has been to secure a striker, the double setback could prompt Newcastle to move for another midfielder before the deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Joelinton suffered a groin problem and Tonali picked up a shoulder issue during Monday\u2019s defeat to Liverpool, leaving Howe without two of his starting trio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jacob Ramsey, signed from Aston Villa this summer, was signed to replace Sean Longstaff in a backup role, but has battled fitness issues himself. Joe Willock also has a history of injury problems and has missed time already at the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At the same time, Bruno Guimaraes may need to shift into a deeper position on the pitch to cover for Tonali\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With Newcastle facing a packed schedule that includes at least eight Champions League group-stage fixtures, the Premier League, and matches pertaining to two domestic cups, there is concern over the glaring lack of depth in the first-team squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Waugh notes that the urgency of Newcastle\u2019s search depends on scan results on Joelinton and Tonali\u2019s issues. Even if those come clear, the club is monitoring options in case short-term loan cover or a permanent signing is required, Waugh reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United\u2019s transfer focus may change in the final week of the window after injuries to Joelinton and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,2381,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-98861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-newcastle-united-transfer-news-rumors","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98861","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=98861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}