Welcome to Episode 39 of toonTALK on Magpie 24/7! It's a World Cup Special! 🌎🏆 ​The biggest tournament on earth is finally here, and today your host Ian is joined by Jay to lock in our official predictions! In this episode, we break down the groups, debate the dark horses, and crown our ultimate tournament winner. There is even a link regarding Dan Burn and Germany - watch to find out! 👀🇩🇪 ​Plus, we take a closer look at how our Newcastle United stars are expected to fare on the world stage for their national teams. Will put boys dominate the tournament, or are we in for some major heartbreaks? Let us know your predictions in the comments below! 💬👇 ​If you enjoyed the video, make sure to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode of toonTALK! ​#NewcastleUnited #NUFC #WorldCup #ToonTalk #FootballPredictions #Magpie247 #FIFA youtu.be/jfgPJfs4dZs?si=bKPC…

🇧🇷 So Bruno's Brazil drew 1-1 overnight in the World Cup, with Mr Newcastle United grabbing an assist for Vinicius Junior. This draw kept Brazil's remarkable 92‑year unbeaten first-match record in the competition intact! #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

When you see a Newcastle player at the World Cup! 😂 #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

🇫🇷 ​Newcastle United have secured a massive coup with the £18m signing of Ewen Jaouen from Stade de Reims, and the view from France suggests the Magpies have a future superstar on their hands. The 20-year-old goalkeeper has committed his long-term future to St James' Park after Eddie Howe's recruitment team moved swiftly to beat several elite European clubs to his signature. ​To get the inside track on the young shot-stopper, The Gazette spoke with L’Union journalist Julien Collomb, who tracked the player's meteoric rise throughout his breakthrough campaign in France. Despite Reims missing out on an immediate return to the top flight following their relegation from Ligue 1, Jaouen was a standout performer on an individual level. He commanded his area maturely, racking up an impressive 15 clean sheets in Ligue 2 and conceding just 35 goals across 34 appearances. ​Collomb is fully convinced that Newcastle have made a spectacular choice, labelling Jaouen as a towering, calm, and immensely talented presence who is excellent both on his line and with his feet. As a current France youth international, the goalkeeper is heavily tipped to become the future number one for the senior French national team. Collomb noted that keeping Reims competitive at the top of the table would have been impossible without Jaouen’s crucial interventions, which earned him a prestigious UNFP nomination for Ligue 2’s best goalkeeper. ​While the French football expert warns that the young keeper will still need patience and time to adapt to the relentless consistency required in the Premier League, he believes Jaouen embraces responsibility and possesses the raw tools to make an immediate impact on Tyneside. Described as a grounded, kind, and intelligent character behind the scenes, Newcastle's newest addition looks primed to become a major figure in the club’s upcoming campaign. #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

Good luck Bruno! 🇧🇷 #NUFC #NUFCFans #NUFCNews #Newcastle

🧤 Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford wants to join Newcastle United and play for manager Eddie Howe at St. James’ Park, according to a report on TEAMtalk! #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

🚨MUNOZ DEAL CLOSE?🚨 News coming out of one of Spain's leading newspapers Diario AS that a deal for Munoz is close! Newcastle looking at a deal of €30 million performance bonuses. Real Madrid will get 50% of the fee 😮 The deal could be done immediately. Hopefully some movement on this one soon! #NUFC

The Cost of Dithering: How Mitchell’s Lowball Cost Us! ​The truth has finally come out courtesy of the Geordie Journos, and it is absolutely infuriating! If it wasn’t for Newcastle lowballing Burnley last summer and Paul Mitchell dithering around, James Trafford would already be a Newcastle United player! 🤬🤦‍♂️ ​The Geordie Journos report that Newcastle had agreed a price for Trafford last summer at £27 million. Instead of getting it done, Mitchell took his time, dragged his feet, and eventually put a bid in that was £5 million below the asking price thinking he could lowball them. That completely angered Burnley, allowing Manchester City to swoop in on the last possible day to activate their buyback clause. The rest is history! 📉❌ ​Once again, Paul Mitchell's actions proved he just wasn’t ever fit for purpose. It’s a complete joke and another massive mistake that is now going to cost us a load more money to rectify this summer, if we can. Bad decisions costing us cash, hopefully we’ve finally learned our lesson on this subject! 💸🙄 ​To make matters worse, because he went to Manchester City, he’s obviously on Man City type money now. When they signed him, they originally wanted him as their first-choice keeper, so he would have been put on serious first-choice wages. If we had just signed him directly from Burnley last year, wages wouldn't have been an issue at all! 🤦‍♂️💰 ​Now, if this move happens as most expect, he is going to have to take a pay cut to fit into the Newcastle United wage structure, which tops out with Bruno on a reported £160,000 a week. It just shows his desire to be a proper number one somewhere that he's willing to do that, but it’s a massive headache we could have completely avoided. It’s all a case of negotiating his contract now so we don't shatter our wage format and agreeing something manageable with Man City. 🤯✍️ ​Thankfully, we now seem to have competent people in charge of the club who actually understand business and football. The Geordie Journos says that we are still very, very interested, and Trafford remains our priority goalkeeping target but there are still multiple scenarios at play! 🎯🧤 Speaking of keepers, Ewen Jaouen, ​our new goalie signed a couple of days ago, has been brought in to be the number two and the cup goalkeeper they've confirmed. Both will have a proper career plan put in place, and fingers crossed we can get this Trafford deal done so both are in Newcastle United shirts when the season kicks off and both get game time! 🇫🇷✈️ ​When you think about the fact that he hasn't played too much football with Manchester City this year but still went off to the World Cup with England as the number two keeper, it shows his quality. He is the definitive successor to Jordan Pickford! Let’s get him signed, late is better than never! 🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 As for Paul Mitchell well he's been linked to a job at Celtic today, my advice? Avoid! ​#NUFC #Magpie247 #JamesTrafford #TransferUpdate #Newcastle #Celtic

NEXT STOP: GERMANY 🇩🇪✈️ ​Newcastle United are officially expanding their European youth scouting network as they look to leave no stone unturned in the transfer market. Following recent recruitment pushes in Portugal, France, and Holland, the club is now hiring a full-time Academy International Scout based in Germany, according to The Chronicle. ​The main mission for the new setup is to unearth high-potential academy gems on the continent before they land on the radar of other major European leagues. This new comprehensive approach and financial commitment from the club is a massive statement of intent for our long-term academy strategy as we look to beat rivals to the world's best young talent before their values sky rocket! 🚀 ​#NUFC #Academy #bundesliga #Newcastle

🧤 Newcastle United favourite Martin Dubravka is available on a free transfer this summer following his release from Burnley. Dubravka joined Burnley from Newcastle last summer and went to make 35 Premier League appearances for the club as they finished 20th in the table and were relegated back to the Championship. Dubravka spent seven-and-a-half years at Newcastle between 2018 and 2025, making 179 appearances for us. Where next for our former No1? 🤔 #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL #Burnley

On this day in #NUFC history back in 2024, Lloyd Kelly was confirmed as our first summer signing of the season on a free transfer from Bournemouth. He of course lasted 5 minutes before heading to Juventus on an initial loan deal!!!!! #NUFCFans #NUFCNews #Newcastle

🩸 We're raising awareness for Blood & Transplant services, amid the urgent call for donors, as we approach tomorrows 'World Blood Day' 🏥 Last year I was rushed into hospital and had five full blood transfusions, so I know first hand the importance of this vital service as without help I wouldn't have been here right now. ❓DID YOU KNOW the NHS needs 4,300 blood donations every day on average to meet the needs of their hospitals? Your local blood donor centre is closer than you might think! Visit 🔗 nhsbt.nhs.uk/ Are you the #GivingType? Save Lives - Give Blood ❤️ #NUFC #NUFCFans #NUFCNews #Newcastle

Newcastle United have identified Jean-Philippe Mateta as a target as they prepare to sell both Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa this summer, according to Pete O'Rourke. Not likely to happen! Wrong age profile for Newcastle United. MAGPIE METER RATING: 🐦‍⬛ #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL #CPFC

Newcastle United is bracing for a massive shift in how they conduct transfer business following a groundbreaking regulatory overhaul by FIFA. ​Starting January 1, 2027, the newly approved FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) will mandate that every single player transfer must include an exit or release clause, effectively guaranteeing players a defined route out of their contracts. ​ ​While mandatory release clauses have long been the norm in Spain's La Liga, Premier League clubs have traditionally held more leverage. Historically, Newcastle United has been highly selective with these clauses, rarely sanctioning minimum-fee exit or relegation release clauses. For example, the high-profile signings of Bruno Guimarães and Kieran Trippier in 2022 were intentionally structured without relegation safety nets. ​From next year, however, the Magpies and their global counterparts will no longer have a choice. Future contract negotiations will become far more complex and multi-layered. ​Furthermore, under the updated FIFA framework, players will also be guaranteed a direct cut of their transfer fee upon signing. ​"This agreement represents an important step forward for football. Ensuring that players and their representatives have a meaningful voice in decisions affecting their careers is not only beneficial for footballers, but for the game as a whole." — Sergio Marchi, FIFPRO President ​ ​Newcastle is already getting a taste of this reality in their ongoing pursuit of Osasuna’s Victor Muñoz. Because La Liga clubs are well-versed in mandatory clauses, Newcastle is currently navigating Muñoz's £34.5m release clause as talks progress. While this has been a hurdle in the past, it represents the exact type of negotiation Eddie Howe’s recruitment team will have to master full-time starting in 2027. ​The overhaul comes in the wake of the European Court of Justice's high-profile "Diarra" ruling, which forced football’s governing body to rethink player freedom and labour rights. ​According to an official FIFA statement, the new framework was established alongside player representatives (FIFPRO), clubs (EFC), and leagues (WLA) to create an "objective, transparent, non‑discriminatory, and proportionate framework." ​Moving forward, international football transfers will operate under a collective labour agreement model. Rather than FIFA dictating rules unilaterally, all future changes to the transfer system must be decided by a consensus between player and employer representatives, with FIFA acting strictly as the custodian of the system. #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

🧐 The transfer plates are spinning like crazy right now at Newcastle, according to Mark Douglas! 🍽️ He confirms that we have made fresh enquiries with Manchester City about goalkeeper James Trafford. A move would depend on the price being right and the player actually wanting the move this time, but it would also mean finding a buyer for Nick Pope. The scope of this overhaul is massive! 🤯 Meanwhile, what is happening with Lewis Hall and Sandro Tonali? 🤷‍♂️ Well, rumours have been swirling linking Manchester United to both players, and Man City to Tonali. However, the club have told iNews that they are completely mystified by claims that fan favourite Lewis Hall wants out and that isn't anyone's understanding internally. The hierarchy has made it clear: there will be total honesty moving forward. If a player wants to leave, they’ll have a straight conversation to avoid the mess that plagued the squad last season. As of right now though, neither player has asked to go! 🤫 This backs up Lee Ryder's earlier report that the talk around Hall is all WISHFUL THINKING! For both it is going to take some serious money to buy either, not wallpaper, lemonade or the type of money you make sacking tea ladies! The window officially opens on Monday!! It's going to be a rollercoaster it appears! #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

The fast-track is ON! 🏎️ Newcastle continue to have highly encouraging talks with Osasuna over Victor Munoz. ​While the club is keeping things strategic and maintaining a detailed dialogue before lodging a formal bid, the feedback is massively positive according to Mark Douglas. Crucially, Munoz is understood to be absolutely keen on making the switch to Tyneside! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ​He’s currently in Tennessee with the Spain squad preparing for the World Cup, but his £34.5m release clause means this one could move incredibly fast once the green light is given. Imagine a youthful, re-invigorated forward line of Munoz, Osula and Elanga feeding off each other next season!? 🔥 #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

🇩🇰 Despite clubs all over Europe ready to throw serious cash at Will Osula and Newcastle, the news is that he's staying at Newcastle. According to the iNews, Eddie Howe has been completely won over by his tactical growth and maturity this last season. The coaches see him taking on a central role in our attack next season, and only silly money would get him out of St James' Park right now. ​With Osula firmly in the plans, it looks like one of Yoane Wissa or Nick Woltemade are the ones who could be sacrificed to balance the books and open up a squad place. #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

Newcastle United is bracing for a massive shift in how they conduct transfer business following a groundbreaking regulatory overhaul by FIFA. ​Starting January 1, 2027, the newly approved FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) will mandate that every single player transfer must include an exit or release clause, effectively guaranteeing players a defined route out of their contracts. ​ ​While mandatory release clauses have long been the norm in Spain's La Liga, Premier League clubs have traditionally held more leverage. Historically, Newcastle United has been highly selective with these clauses, rarely sanctioning minimum-fee exit or relegation release clauses. For example, the high-profile signings of Bruno Guimarães and Kieran Trippier in 2022 were intentionally structured without relegation safety nets. ​From next year, however, the Magpies and their global counterparts will no longer have a choice. Future contract negotiations will become far more complex and multi-layered. ​Furthermore, under the updated FIFA framework, players will also be guaranteed a direct cut of their transfer fee upon signing. ​"This agreement represents an important step forward for football. Ensuring that players and their representatives have a meaningful voice in decisions affecting their careers is not only beneficial for footballers, but for the game as a whole." — Sergio Marchi, FIFPRO President ​ ​Newcastle is already getting a taste of this reality in their ongoing pursuit of Osasuna’s Victor Muñoz. Because La Liga clubs are well-versed in mandatory clauses, Newcastle is currently navigating Muñoz's £34.5m release clause as talks progress. While this has been a hurdle in the past, it represents the exact type of negotiation Eddie Howe’s recruitment team will have to master full-time starting in 2027. ​The overhaul comes in the wake of the European Court of Justice's high-profile "Diarra" ruling, which forced football’s governing body to rethink player freedom and labour rights. ​According to an official FIFA statement, the new framework was established alongside player representatives (FIFPRO), clubs (EFC), and leagues (WLA) to create an "objective, transparent, non‑discriminatory, and proportionate framework." ​Moving forward, international football transfers will operate under a collective labour agreement model. Rather than FIFA dictating rules unilaterally, all future changes to the transfer system must be decided by a consensus between player and employer representatives, with FIFA acting strictly as the custodian of the system. #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL #FIFA

🧤 Newcastle United have once again stepped up their efforts to sign Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford, according to David Ornstein. ​While The Athletic reports that both clubs have established contact and Newcastle's desire to secure the England international is firm, official talks have not yet commenced. A potential hurdle remains: Trafford is reportedly keen to wait until after the conclusion of the World Cup before finalising any decisions on his club career. ​Should we wait until after the tournament to land our man? Let us know your thoughts. 📈 ​#NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL #ManCity

Welcome to Episode 39 of toonTALK on Magpie 24/7! It's a World Cup Special! 🌎🏆 ​The biggest tournament on earth is finally here, and today your host Ian is joined by Jay to lock in our official predictions! In this episode, we break down the groups, debate the dark horses, and crown our ultimate tournament winner. There is even a link regarding Dan Burn and Germany - watch to find out! 👀🇩🇪 ​Plus, we take a closer look at how our Newcastle United stars are expected to fare on the world stage for their national teams. Will put boys dominate the tournament, or are we in for some major heartbreaks? Let us know your predictions in the comments below! 💬👇 ​If you enjoyed the video, make sure to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode of toonTALK! ​#NewcastleUnited #NUFC #WorldCup #ToonTalk #FootballPredictions #Magpie247 #FIFA youtu.be/jfgPJfs4dZs?si=bKPC…

🇸🇪 ​​Anthony Elanga’s challenging year looks set to continue at the World Cup, following an accidental tactical leak by Sweden’s coaching staff. ​The 24-year-old winger moved to Newcastle United from Nottingham Forest for a hefty £55m fee but endured a dismal debut season on Tyneside. After failing to score a single Premier League goal and losing his starting place to Jacob Murphy and Harvey Barnes, Elanga had hoped the World Cup would offer a fresh start. ​However, his hopes of starting Sweden's opener against Tunisia on Monday have taken a serious hit. ​During a recent training session, Sweden’s assistant coach Seb Larsson was photographed holding a piece of paper detailing a 4-4-2 formation. ​Published by Swedish media outlet Sportbladet, the leaked document appears to outline Sweden’s second-string lineup, which features Elanga deployed as a striker. This revelation strongly implies that Graham Potter’s preferred starting XI will pair Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyökeres up front, leaving Elanga on the bench. ​ ​The selection blow follows a tense week for the winger, who gave team-mates and fans a scare during a pre-tournament warm-up match against Greece. ​Elanga was rushed to the hospital for tests after a heavy knee-on-knee collision. Fortunately, the player has since downplayed the severity of the injury. ​"When you get pain in your knee, you can get worried, but it feels good. It feels calm. The pain will go away in a day or two. It's completely okay." ​While Elanga has escaped serious injury, he faces an uphill battle to win over both his national team selectors and Newcastle boss Eddie Howe ahead of the new season. When will he catch a break and start showing everyone his Nottingham Forest form again? #NUFC #NUFCFans #Newcastle #Elanga