As the dust settles on the Newcastle United takeover, long-term plans will start to be made at St James’s Park.
In the short-term, ensuring Premier League survival has to be the club’s first priority.
Since the January transfer window is still two months away, the current first-team squad have a huge role to play in keeping Newcastle United afloat this season.
However, eleven of the current squad are out of contract either this summer or next summer, meaning the new owners have some big decisions to make regarding which players they believe have a long-term future at the club.
Here, using data taken from Tranfermarkt, we have listed all eleven players that are out of contract at St James’s Park before the end of the 2022/23 season:
Which of these players do you think deserves a new contract at Newcastle?
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Since the January transfer window is still two months away, the current first-team squad have a huge role to play in keeping Newcastle United afloat this season.
5. Federico Fernandez - Summer 2023
Fernandez arrived at Newcastle with little fanfare following a deadline day move in 2018. However, slowly he has become one of the Toon’s most solid and reliable defenders during that time. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Photo: Stu Forster
6. Matt Ritchie - Summer 2023
Ritchie is into his sixth season in the north east and has been a regular in the side ever since he made the switch from Bournemouth. However, he is seemingly linked with a move away from Newcastle every window, with his former employers the likely destination for Ritchie were he to move. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
Photo: Naomi Baker
7. Ciaran Clark - Summer 2023
Clark was another player recruited by Benitez in the Championship. Whilst he impressed early on at St James’s Park, fans have called into question his recent performances and believe that an ‘upgrade’ may be on the cards. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Photo: Stu Forster
8. Mark Gillespie - Summer 2023
Brought in as a third-choice ‘keeper, Gillespie now finds himself as fourth choice and thus, his future at his boyhood club is very much up in the air. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)
Photo: George Wood