Bernardo Silva staged a midfield masterclass as Premier League leaders Manchester City swept aside struggling Newcastle 4-0 to claim a record 34th win of 2021.The Portuguese, aided and abetted by Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne, steered City to a commanding victory at St James’ Park to eclipse Liverpool’s mark of 33 top-flight wins in a calendar year set in 1982.Goals from Ruben Dias and J...Full Story »

Phillips to ignore 'silly' rivalry and sign for Man Utd Leeds United star Kalvin Phillips has been tipped to transcend the rivalry between the Whites and Manchester United and line up at Old Trafford.  “Phillips will go wherever is good for him and wherever is good for his career," former Aston Villa man Gabi Agbonlahor told Football Insider. “Those rivalries are silly. I kn...Full Story »

Newcastle forward Allan Saint-Maximin is a doubt for the visit of Manchester City after limping off in Thursday’s defeat at Liverpool with a muscular injury.Striker Callum Wilson will return to the team after being rested at Anfield.Left-back Jamal Lewis is set for a spell out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the 3-1 defeat, while fellow defenders Federico Fernandez (thigh) and Paul ...Full Story »

Liverpool made light of the Covid-enforced absences of Virgil Van Dijk and Fabinho to comfortably beat struggling Newcastle 3-1 at Anfield and become the first English side in history to register 2,000 top-flight victories.Mohamed Salah equalled Jamie Vardy’s record of providing a goal or an assist in 15 consecutive Premier League appearances with his 22nd strike of the season after Diogo ...Full Story »

Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino returns to the squad to face Newcastle after six weeks out with a hamstring problem.The Brazil international missed eight matches but having returned to training last week he is now fully fit. Fellow forward Diogo Jota returns after a knock but Divock Origi is set to sit out a second successive match with a knee injury.Midfielder Curtis Jones is also back in tra...Full Story »

Aaron Ramsey will reportedly cost Everton or Newcastle £42million, even if Juventus allow him to leave on a free transfer in January. Ramsey looks set to leave Juve in the New Year following a difficult time with the Italian giants, but his colossal wage demands could become a barrier to any deal being struck. The Wales midfielder joined Juve on a free transfer from Arsenal in the summer o...Full Story »

Boss Brendan Rodgers’ hailed Leicester’s resilience after the depleted Foxes recovered from their Europa League exit to thump Newcastle.James Maddison shone, scoring one and making two, as the Foxes cruised past the struggling Magpies 4-0.They were dumped out of the Europa League after Thursday’s 3-2 Europa League defeat at Napoli, when they were without seven players who were ...Full Story »

James Maddison maintained his red-hot form as Leicester routed Newcastle 4-0.The midfielder grabbed a goal and two assists and has now netted four times in his last six games.Youri Tielemans’ double, including a first-half penalty, marked his 100th Premier League appearance while Patson Daka also netted following a brilliant Maddison pass.The Foxes climbed to eighth and it was also their f...Full Story »

Leicester continue to monitor their players ahead of Sunday’s game against Newcastle amid a Covid outbreak at the club.Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez, Jannik Vestergaard, Daniel Amartey, Ademola Lookman, Filip Benkovic and Vontae Daley-Campbell all missed the defeat to Napoli due to illness or for coronavirus-related reasons.Youri Tielemans returned from a five-match absence with a calf in...Full Story »

Ramsey maneuvers for January move from Juventus Aaron Ramsey could be on his way out of the door at the Allianz stadium in January after current club Juventus have said they have no interest in offering a contract extension in Turin. That news from by way of Goal correspondent Romeo Agresti, who tweeted earlier that the representatives of Ramsey met with the club to try to iron out a plan fo...Full Story »

Callum Wilson finally handed Newcastle their first Premier League win of the season at the 15th attempt as they rode their luck to see off fellow strugglers Burnley.Eddie Howe’s men were decidedly second best for long periods in front of a crowd of 51,948 at St James’ Park but made the most of a slice of good fortune when Wilson blasted home his sixth goal of the season after goalkee...Full Story »

Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe will be without the suspended Ciaran Clark for Saturday’s Premier League clash with fellow strugglers Burnley.Clark was sent off just nine minutes into Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw with Norwich and must sit out as a result, although fellow central defender Jamaal Lascelles and wing-back Matt Ritchie are available after serving one-match bans against the Ca...Full Story »

Eddie Howe has admitted Newcastle have to start hauling themselves out of the hole they are in after seeing a first Premier League win of the season wrenched from their grasp.The Magpies looked to be about to break their duck against Norwich courtesy of Callum Wilson’s 61st-minute penalty at St James’ Park despite playing all but nine minutes of the game with 10 men following Ciaran ...Full Story »

Teemu Pukki ensured 10-man Newcastle’s wait for a first Premier League win of the season extended to 14 games as Norwich fought back to snatch a 1-1 draw at St James’ Park.The beleaguered Magpies, who had defender Ciaran Clark sent off after just nine minutes, looked to be on course to end their drought when Callum Wilson converted a 61st-minute penalty awarded for handball after a V...Full Story »

Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli delivered a tag-team double salvo as Arsenal dispatched Newcastle 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium. England forward Saka capped a neat move to put Arsenal ahead, before his replacement Martinelli killed the Premier League contest with just his second touch. Saka’s second Premier League goal of the season ensured Mikel Arteta’s men would hold onto fif...Full Story »

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has no new selection problems ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash with struggling Newcastle.The Spaniard has also been boosted by the news that midfielder Granit Xhaka could return before the end of the year after making good progress in his recovery from a knee ligament injury.However, Bosnia and Herzegovina defender Sead Kolasinac is still missing with an a...Full Story »

Newcastle still want Vlahovic despite €80m asking price (Corriere Fiorentino)Juventus still determined to land striker Newcastle have not been turned off of signing Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina despite the €80 million asking price the Serie A side have set. Juventus are deemed the favourites to land the striker and hope to bring him to Turin in January, but Corriere Fiorentino ...Full Story »

A NEWCASTLE fan was left 'dumbfounded' when Toon hero Allan Saint-Maximin randomly gave him a £2,000 watch. Devout Magpie Michael Urwin, 55, has been going to games for 30 years and is a season ticket holder with his three sons. The lucky Toon fan poses alongside Saint-Maximin after receiving the gift And posted a picture of the snazzy watch to social media They arrive early to games at...Full Story »

NEWCASTLE will step up their interest in Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic. As SunSport previously revealed, they'll be in the hunt when Fiorentina start an auction. Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic is a target for a host of Premier League clubs in 2022, including Newcastle Toon's top spies watched the hitman in action as his country qualified for the World Cup by beating Portugal. Vlahovic, 21...Full Story »

Assistant boss Jason Tindall has insisted Eddie Howe’s Newcastle rescue mission was never going to be a quick fix after seeing the club slip to the foot of the Premier League.Head coach Howe was unable to be in the dugout at St James’ Park for his first game in charge after testing positive for Covid-19, and saw the side he inherited from Steve Bruce scrap their way to a 3-3 draw wit...Full Story »