Newcastle transfer news and rumours: Summer transfer window 2023
Transfer news, rumours and gossip from St James' Park from the 2023 summer transfer window; the window will start on Saturday June 10 and end on Friday September 1
Monday 8 May 2023 12:22, UK
With the 2023 summer transfer window set to open, we round up the latest news, potential deals and some of the players linked with moves in and out of Newcastle...
Howe: Newcastle cannot compete for Ronaldo or Neymar yet
Eddie Howe has admitted Newcastle will have to unearth future superstars before they hit the headlines after playing down links with Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.
The high-flying Magpies have found themselves at the centre of speculation over big-money moves ever since Amanda Staveley's Saudi-backed consortium completed its takeover at St James' Park in October 2021.
Newcastle, in who Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund hold an 80-per-cent stake, have invested in excess of £250m in new players in the last three transfer windows, but have been touted as contenders to land Portuguese superstar Ronaldo and Brazilian counterpart Neymar in recent days.
Asked about the prospect of some of the best players in the world one day plying their trade on Tyneside, head coach Howe - who has persistently cited financial fair play as a limiting factor on the club's recruitment plans - said: "It is best to discover them before they explode on to the world scene.
"We could not be able to come close to affording those players as they are the best players in the world.
"We are never going to be in a position currently to afford those transfer fees and wages, so we need to go underneath and find them young and develop them into the players they can be."
Asked about Ronaldo and Neymar, he said: "That kind of speculation has been there from day one since the takeover, really. Naturally everyone has then assumed the biggest names in world football will be going to Newcastle.
"Now we've not recruited that way. Financially, we can't recruit that way at the moment, but also we have to bring the right people and the right players into the group.
"I will say the transfer market is such a complex decision, you can't just pick a name and bring them in. There's got to be a lot of thought going into what we're doing both financially and looking at the players.
"Those two players are unbelievable players. We are linked with different names.
"I know what direction I want to take the team in and what we can and can't do in the transfer market."
Newcastle scout Szoboszlai and Haidara
Newcastle have had scouts watching RB Leipzig players Dominik Szoboszlai and Amadou Haidara, according to Sky Germany.
It is understood the pair have been watched several times this season, with scouts observing the midfielders at home and away games - most recently in the 2-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen on April 23.
Newcastle's interest in Hungary international Szoboszlai is understood to be greater, but RB Leipzig head coach Marco Rose is planning for next season with the 22-year-old in his squad.
There has been no contact between the clubs.
Who else are Newcastle linked with?
Arda Guler - Newcastle are among the clubs interested in Fenerbahce's teenage wonderkid Arda Guler - who has been dubbed the 'Turkish Lionel Messi' (Daily Mail, May 8)
Kieran Tierney - Aston Villa are hoping to rival Newcastle United in the race for Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney, who is expected to leave the Emirates Stadium this summer (Daily Telegraph, May 4)
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