Nick Pope: Newcastle United in talks with Burnley about bringing goalkeeper to St James’ Park | Football news

Newcastle United are in talks with Burnley over the signing of goalkeeper Nick Pope.

Sky Sports News Last week Eddie Howe was interested in the England goalkeeper and negotiations are now well underway.

It is understood the Pope wants to stay in the Premier League with an interest in England’s place at the World Cup in Qatar this winter.

The 30-year-old, who was named to Gareth Southgate’s most recent England squad, would be seen as a great addition to the Newcastle goalkeeper.

Negotiations are also continuing for Sven Botman and Hugo Ekitike, although Newcastle are prepared to move on to other targets if no progress is made on either player soon.

What should Newcastle do this summer?

Sky Sports’ Laura Hunter:

Not the “revolution people expected,” according to Eddie Howe. However, there is hardly a clear assessment of Newcastle’s potential transfer policy this summer.

Financial Fair Play (FFP) will ban Newcastle from splashing out lavishly for the upcoming season, despite currently being one of the wealthiest clubs in world football. They spent more than £90 million in January alone.

Clearly a goalkeeper is at the top of the wish list, with good options being Man Utd’s Dean Henderson or Chelsea’s Kepa Arrizabalaga. There is also some dispute over attacking options – with Chris Wood yet to find his scoring shoes and Callum Wilson finding it difficult to achieve both form and fitness.

A rebuilding of the squad over time and development of existing talent, as well as a few shrewd additions will give Newcastle enough leverage to compete at the bottom of the table. Certainly nothing less than the top half will be worth spending next season. However, Howe’s emphasis on “smart moves” versus reckless spending will do the club well in the long run.

Newcastle Q&A: Who are Toon’s other goals this summer?

Above Sky Sports transfer talk audio files, Pete Graves provides details on who could come to Newcastle, how much they are prepared to spend and who could leave St James’ Park in their biggest moment ever.

“There’s Hugo Ekitike and Sven Botman, two top quality players in France, they’re the closest two players through the door.

“Newcastle has been linked with Lucas Paqueta from Lyon, great friend to Bruno Guimaraes. The midfielder came and spent his birthday with Bruno and was even photographed wearing a Newcastle shirt in the garden. It’s got the Newcastle fans excited, he’s a beginner international for Brazil, whether they’ll switch to him, I’m not sure. I think for Lyon, the price. pay is appropriate Other top clubs are also interested in Paqueta.

“I think Newcastle also want a goalkeeper with someone who can compete with Martin Dubravka for the number one spot. They definitely want to add to key positions. The right wing is another player they want to bring in. About, like Moussa Diaby at Bayer Leverkusen and Ismalia Sarr at Watford, they’d love to sign Diaby but they’ve been quoted in the neighborhood of £60m which, from what I’ve heard, is at this stage a bit out of their price range. .

“I think they’re going to add a right winger, one maybe two strikers, one central midfielder, one central defender and one goalkeeper – so they want to strengthen all the way through the bones. living.”