Newcastle United Transfer Latest: Wilson departs as Elanga edges closer to arrival

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Daniel Wales looks at the latest Newcastle United transfer news.

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00:00Now as Newcastle United gear up for their return to the Champions League

00:05following their absence, obviously an incredible scene to get back

00:09with how tight the race was for Premier League

00:12in terms of the top of the Premier League table last season

00:15to get into Champions League, those spots was incredibly admirable

00:20from Eddie Howe's side, they obviously returned a major trophy as well

00:24in last season, but they now need to make sure they kick on

00:27and make sure they are sustainable at the top

00:30and competitive as well in future seasons.

00:33They want to make sure that it's not just a one-off stint again

00:36and they go flying straight back into the new campaign

00:39and straight following up there.

00:41In terms of their transfer situation, it's obviously a bit of a slower,

00:45sort of one of the slower clubs getting players in,

00:49but squad depth was a bit of an issue in terms of the Champions League season

00:53they had prior due to the injuries and not really knowing

00:57who to create that best XI that's going to really get them results in Europe

01:02and that's obviously a new look Champions League format as well,

01:05so it's going to be very interesting and then they want to stay competitive

01:08in the Premier League as well, that's so important for them

01:10and their owners and Eddie Howe's vision taking them forward

01:13and then maybe try and defend their League Cup title as well,

01:18so there's a lot to look forward to, but in terms of transfers,

01:21we're going to go to our North East correspondent, Dan Wales.

01:24Dan, what's your thoughts on Newcastle, where they are ahead of this transfer,

01:28any sort of updates, incomings, outgoings, what's the latest you can tell us

01:32from St James' Park?

01:34Well, Charles, in reality, the only tangible piece of news we've had

01:37at Newcastle United is the departure of Callum Wilson,

01:41who has finally left the club after several seasons on Tyneside,

01:46scoring 49 goals in all and overall, providing a great contribution

01:50to the club in some darker times and some more positive times

01:54for Newcastle United, but he leaves with everyone's best wishes

01:57from Newcastle United, certainly lots of players have been paying tribute

02:00to him as he's now come to the end of his contract

02:02and not able to reach an agreement over a perhaps new contract

02:06in which Newcastle was suggesting a pay-as-you-play deal,

02:09but ultimately, Cameron Wilson decided not to go for that

02:12and given the fact that in the last season of his time at Newcastle,

02:16his body was starting to fail him a little bit, injuries had taken their toll

02:19and yes, he was fit for a large part of the second half of the season,

02:22ultimately, just his pace wasn't there and his body just wasn't holding up

02:27to the strains of Premier League football, but everyone at the club

02:31has wished him all the best now he has departed Newcastle United,

02:34but that's the only really tangible piece of news that Newcastle have had.

02:38And we do know that talks are still ongoing for Anthony Alanga

02:42between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest,

02:45with the two clubs supposedly edging closer to a deal

02:47over the Swedish right-winger for around £55 million plus some add-ons.

02:52That's the latest information that we have,

02:55although progress is still slow in terms of getting that

02:58to a complete and fully closed deal.

03:02So Newcastle perhaps frustrated by that,

03:05and I believe that a lot of supporters are as well,

03:07but they are edging closer to a deal.

03:09That would see Newcastle bring in their first right-winger

03:12since the takeover of October 2021.

03:15Of course, James Trafford still remains on the table,

03:17the Burnley goalkeeper as well, that supposedly is also edging ever closer.

03:22It often seems at the moment that Newcastle are just edging

03:24step-by-step closer to these two deals that are currently on the table.

03:28Of course, that won't be it from an incoming's perspective

03:32for Newcastle once those two, or if those two do, come in to the club

03:36because they also would like a centre-half to play alongside Sven Botman

03:40and someone to come in to be an eventual Fabian Shaw replacement

03:43as well as also perhaps a replacement for Dan Byrne

03:47if Botman is to also be fully fit this season as well

03:50because, of course, Shaw and Byrne, as good as they were last season,

03:53they are perhaps coming to the twilight years of their career

03:57and they won't go on forever.

03:58So Newcastle need to look to the future as well.

04:00For example, Scalvini from Atalanta has been mentioned an awful lot

04:04whether Newcastle and the Italian side are able to come to a deal over him.

04:09That remains to be seen, but he's the one who's currently being played in the press

04:13as Newcastle's top centre-half target to play alongside Sven Botman.

04:17And so that is really it for the moment from Newcastle's perspective

04:20in terms of incomings.

04:21It's very much Alanga, Trafford and perhaps Scalvini,

04:24although whether that one is as true as the other two, still remains to be seen.

04:29Perhaps they would like a striker to cover Callum Wilson's absence,

04:33well, departure, I should say, now

04:34and give some relief to Alexander Izak,

04:37although you'd imagine also that Willis Sula would get some of that responsibility.

04:40They might also want to do that, though,

04:42with some time still left in the transfer window.

04:44go!

04:45go!

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