Newcastle transfer news: ‘£51.4m agreement reached’ to sign Arsenal-linked forward amid Nick Woltemade uncertainty

By Oliver Thomas | 31 Aug 2026 16:05, Last updated: 31 Aug 2026 16:07

Newcastle United person reportedly reached an statement with Lille to motion versatile guardant Matias Fernandez-Pardo.

The Magpies person held a long-standing involvement successful the highly-rated 21-year-old, who elevated his crippled to caller heights successful the 2025-26 season.

Fernandez-Pardo scored 8 goals and registered 7 assists successful 41 appearances portion operating arsenic a centre-forward, left-winger and right-winger, helping Lille decorativeness 3rd successful Ligue 1 and suffice for the Champions League.

His awesome performances are understood to person caught the attraction of respective European clubs including Premier League champions Arsenal, who precocious emerged arsenic a ‘serious option’ for the Belgian.

However, journalist Fabrizio Romano claims that Newcastle person agreed to motion Fernandez-Pardo for £51.4m (€60m) positive add-ons, with the subordinate having already ‘said yes’ to the Magpies project.

The attacker is scheduled to alert to the UK contiguous (Monday) up of undergoing a aesculapian and signing his contract, earlier his transportation tin beryllium officially announced.

Fernandez-Pardo accomplishment could facilitate Woltemade exit from Newcastle

Fernandez-Pardo is acceptable to go Matthias Jaissle’s eighth signing of the summertime and volition instrumentality Newcastle’s spending towards the £200m mark.

His expected accomplishment volition besides formed uncertainty implicit the semipermanent aboriginal of Nick Woltemade, who has been tipped to permission conscionable a twelvemonth aft his club-record £69m accomplishment from Stuttgart.

Woltemade made a agleam commencement to his Newcastle career, scoring 4 goals successful his archetypal 5 Premier League appearances, but helium went connected to find the nett conscionable 4 much times successful his adjacent 28 outings, losing his regular starting spot during the 2nd fractional of past season.

William Osula and Yoane Wissa person been preferred to Woltemade crossed Newcastle’s opening 2 top-flight matches this term, and the German has subsequently been linked with a imaginable determination to Italy.

Romano claims that Juventus person agreed idiosyncratic presumption with the 24-year-old, who wants to marque the determination to Turin, but negotiations implicit a indebtedness interest betwixt the 2 clubs stay ongoing.

All being well, Newcastle could person Fernandez-Pardo signed successful clip for their adjacent Premier League lucifer astatine location against Bournemouth connected Saturday.