Newcastle United are earnestly hopeful of rebounding from an underwhelming season in 2024\/25 where the early season highlight was the way in which they dismantled Paris Saint-Germain at St. James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for Eddie Howe and the Saudi Public Investment Fund, that was the high point with the skittles tumbling all over subsequently throughout the rest of the campaign.<\/p>\n
Howe\u2019s squad were decimated by injuries from then on, which saw the Magpies irreversibly slide down the table.<\/p>\n
They were ignominiously bundled out of the Champions League at the group stage, just when they thought they\u2019d just earned their way back into Europe for the following season.<\/p>\n
Then when Man United surprisingly edged out Man City in the FA Cup final, any notion of European football for 2024\/25 was removed.<\/p>\n
Under the circumstances \u2013 with no extra revenue from a European campaign and Newcastle needing to stay on the right side of the Premier League\u2019s Profit and Sustainability rules \u2013 it was apparent that a big name player would need to be sold to massage the situation.<\/p>\n
The two stars in the stable that could command a hefty fee are invariably Alexander Isak and Bruno Guimaraes, with The Guardian\u00a0suggesting that the club value for the former could be around \u00a3115m.<\/p>\n
The outlet reports that the high price is necessary to ward off the interest of the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea, although there\u2019s a reason why they might be able to keep hold of both stars this summer, as the club are in discussions with a Saudi Pro League club regarding Miguel Almiron, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter) from Sky Sports\u2019 Keith Downie.<\/p>\n
With both\u00a0 having already been sold this summer, a decent fee for the Paraguayan international should help in keeping the prowling wolves from encroaching.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also believed that Isak\u2019s happy at the North East giants.<\/p>\n
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