All the pre-match talk revolved around takeovers and the mooted prospect of Newcastle becoming a golden pawn in a Saudi Arabian geopolitical soft-power grab.Yet once 3pm arrived Steve Bruce’s players swiftly found themselves transformed into the playth…
All the pre-match talk revolved around takeovers and the mooted prospect of Newcastle becoming a golden pawn in a Saudi Arabian geopolitical soft-power grab.Yet once 3pm arrived Steve Bruce’s players swiftly found themselves transformed into the playth…
• Wall Street Journal reports ongoing talks over £340m takeover• Owner Mike Ashley is seeking to sell Premier League clubNewcastle United have declined to comment on a report in the Wall Street Journal (£) that Mike Ashley is in talks with Saudi Arabia…
• Newcastle manager says defender Rose is a ‘class act’• Situation is complicated because Tottenham want to sell RoseSteve Bruce has described Danny Rose as a “class act” as Newcastle’s manager made it clear he hopes to sign the England left-back on lo…
Carlo Ancelotti shared sympathies with his Everton players after they gave away a 2-0 lead to Newcastle in the final minute of injury-time. ‘I lost the Champions League final after winning 3-0, it happens,’ said the Everton manager after the 2-2 draw. …
Carlo Ancelotti shared sympathies with his Everton players after they gave away a 2-0 lead to Newcastle in the final minute of injury-time. ‘I lost the Champions League final after winning 3-0, it happens,’ said the Everton manager after the 2-2 draw. …
Carlo Ancelotti clasped his hands in utter disbelief. He was not alone. The Everton manager has inherited a team with a reputation for throwing points away but this was a spectacular implosion by even their standards. Two goals up in injury time, compl…
• Former Spurs midfielder set to join on loan from Schalke • Inter’s Lazaro also a target; Willems and Dummett out for seasonNabil Bentaleb, the Algeria international, had a medical at Newcastle United on Monday afternoon ahead of a loan move from Sch…
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Grealish, Saka and Chalobah shine in draws, while Newcastle are ready for reinforcements after a late winArsenal’s injury problems at left?back have led them to explore signing Layvin Kurzawa from Paris Saint-Germain. But what if the solution lies clos…
Is possession overrated? It certainly seemed so for Chelsea as they manoeuvred the ball up and down a series of apparent blind alleys and cul-de-sacs before ultimately seeing all that effort reduced to nothing when Isaac Hayden headed Newcastle United’…
MBM updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-off at St James’ ParkLive scores: all the goals from the Premier League and beyondGet in touch! Send your thoughts to Scott by email here 4.46pm GMT Newcastle make six changes to the XI sent out against Rochdale in …
• Manager hails ‘very, very decent’ transfer talks with Mike Ashley• Bruce suggests any January signing may not be a forwardSteve Bruce has emerged from “very, very decent” transfer talks with Mike Ashley adamant that he will not be pushed into making …
Appearances can be deceptive. Newcastle United might look safe in mid-table, with fans even having begun to chant Steve Bruce’s name but they are only five points above the relegation zone, on a poor run and their sole fit striker is the less than prol…
Two cerebral coaches meet at the Emirates, shaky Spurs head to Vicarage Road and can United really end Liverpool’s unbeaten season?Gedson Fernandes started only three league games in 2019 – and was substituted at half-time in one of those – and though …
Two cerebral coaches meet at the Emirates, shaky Spurs head to Vicarage Road and can United really end Liverpool’s unbeaten season?Gedson Fernandes started only three league games in 2019 – and was substituted at half-time in one of those – and though …
Steve Bruce’s only real concern is that Mike Ashley may decide he does not need any expensive new players after all. Newcastle’s owner attended his first home match of the season before a transfer summit with his manager and watched Bruce’s previously …
• Head coach hoping for new recruits in January• ‘I won’t just bring players in for the sake of it’Newcastle head coach Steve Bruce will sit down with owner Mike Ashley this week to thrash out a plan for what remains of the January transfer window.The …
Bournemouth need to find goals fast, Aubameyang’s red card has caused a headache at Arsenal and Ings is in England formThe Dozen: our pick of the weekend’s best imagesBournemouth’s defending left a lot to be desired as they crumbled against Watford but…
