Newcastle transfers: Two deals have 'collapsed' - Stefan Borson

Newcastle United’s summer spending plans have been negatively impacted by their failure to sell some of their fringe players.

That is the view of finance expert Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider the north-east giants would have been hoping to sell at least one player to Saudi Arabia this summer to help boost their transfer budget.

Newcastle have sold Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson in big-money deals to Brighton and Nottingham Forest, but those sales were made to ensure the club didn’t breach the financial rules for 2023-24.

Miguel Almiron was expected to leave St James’ Park before a move to MLS side Charlotte FC collapsed due to his wage demands.

It’s been a relatively quiet summer in terms of incomings at St James’ Park, with Lloyd Kelly and John Ruddy joining on free transfers to go alongside the permanent addition of Lewis Hall and the signings of Odysseas Vlachodimos and William Osula.

Football Insider revealed on 27 August Newcastle remain “confident” of landing a deal for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi before the 30 August transfer deadline.

Newcastle wanted to sell player to Saudi Arabia

But Borson admitted the transfer window perhaps hasn’t panned out how the Tyneside club would have been hoping.

“They have got some leeway to spend,” Borson told Football Insider.

“That is why you have seen them being interested in Marc Guehi.

“But they certainly don’t have an unlimited budget.

“I think the key thing for Newcastle is a number of the sales have not happened in the way that they had hoped.

“I think they probably would have been hoping to sell at least one player to Saudi Arabia.

“I know that they were quite close to selling Almiron to the US or Saudi Arabia, but both of those deals have collapsed. 

“There are issues with Kieran Trippier, but either way that’s not going to move the dial from a profit perspective.”

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