Newcastle United duo with combined 296 appearances linked with controversial summer exits
Various reports claim Newcastle United could be about to receive offers for Callum Wilson and Fabian Schar
Callum Wilson and Fabian Schar are being targeted for potential Newcastle United exits, according to reports.
Swiss international Schar is currently on Euro 2024 duty and has been instrumental for the Magpies in recent seasons. The 32-year-old was an outcast before Eddie Howe’s appointment but has since become one of the Premier League’s top centre-backs.
He penned an 18-month extension in January - raising questions about where his long-term intentions lie. Newcastle will sign Lloyd Kelly once his Bournemouth contract expires on June 30 and are eyeing another defensive option.
Turkish outlet Karadeniz Gazete claims Trabzonspor are interested in Schar after failing to land Marseille defender Samuel Gigot. Losing Schar would be a blow for the Magpies but Toon chiefs must get creative ahead of a fresh three-year FFP/PSR cycle next month.
As for Wilson, HITC report that Newcastle prefer selling him to a Saudi Pro League club rather than West Ham United. The England international has been linked with a St James’ Park exit given his recent injury record.
Howe requires a more robust backup to first-choice talisman Alexander Isak, hence the links to Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Newcastle have set a £10million price tag around Wilson’s neck - half the fee paid to Bournemouth four years ago.
The Toon hierarchy were warned about how much it would cost to replace the 32-year-old earlier this year. Howe told reporters: “All I’ll say on that, and I’ll urge the word caution, is that signing strikers with the ability to score goals in the Premier League will cost you an awful lot of money.
“I have to get the balance right between doing that and exposing ourselves in other areas, where the money might need to go. When either one of our two strikers has been missing it has impacted us. They (Wilson and Isak) are two high-level players.
“You saw when they played in tandem at Burnley how good they were together, how promising that partnership could be. We just haven’t had the ability to link them together too many times.”