Leeds United on alert as Newcastle United green-light transfer exit following £18m deal
Newcastle United transfers: Nick Pope will be allowed to leave the club this summer amid Premier League interest.
Newcastle United goalkeeper Nick Pope will be allowed to leave the club this summer amid interest from the likes of Leeds United and Ipswich Town.
The Magpies have already confirmed the departures of Aaron Ramsdale, John Ruddy and Max Thompson and are set to sign Ewen Jaouen from Stade de Reims for around £18million.
The 20-year-old is set to finalise the move and complete a medical after agreeing a four-year contract.
Nick Pope to leave NUFC?
Jaouen's arrival would ease Pope's potential departure after four years at St James' Park.
The 34-year-old has been made available for transfer this summer as Newcastle look to avoid the prospect of losing him for nothing when his contract expires next year. Newly-promoted Ipswich Town, Pope's boyhood club, are interested in the player and talks have taken place between the two clubs.
Any move to Portman Road would require Pope to take a wage cut. And with a potential move stalling, Leeds United could swoop in as they look to address their own goalkeeping situation.
The 10-cap England international is understood to be open to leaving Newcastle following a difficult 2025/26 campaign.
Pope, who joined Newcastle from Burnley in 2022 for £10million, is thought to be valued at around £5million this summer.
Pope's expected departure, coupled with Odysseas Vlachodimos' uncertain future following his loan spell at Sevilla, means Newcastle's goalkeeping rebuild is unlikely to end with Jaouen's arrival.