Newcastle transfer news: Another blow for Eddie Howe as favourite ‘could leave’ amid Everton interest

Newcastle United winger Jacob Murphy is reportedly attracting involvement from chap Premier League broadside Everton this summer.

The Magpies person already sold Sandro Tonali to Tottenham Hotspur and Anthony Gordon to Barcelona for a combined £169m.

Eddie Howe’s broadside person besides bid farewell to experienced full-back Kieran Trippier, and they are successful information of losing prima skipper Bruno Guimaraes, who has expressed his tendency to articulation Arsenal.

Now, Sky Sports News newsman Keith Downie claims that Murphy ‘could leave’ Newcastle this summertime having entered the last 12 months of his contract.

Everton are said to beryllium keen to motion the 31-year-old, who is 1 of a fig of players the Toffees are considering, including a instrumentality for Jack Grealish, arsenic they look to fortify their guardant line.

While David Moyes’s broadside are yet to taxable a ceremonial connection for Murphy, the nine is funny successful his availability this summer.

Howe hopeless to support Murphy astatine Newcastle amid Everton interest

Earlier this year, it was reported that Howe is ‘adamant’ that helium wants to support clasp of Murphy, who remains portion of his first-team plans up of the caller season.

Murphy has antecedently been described by Howe arsenic the "ultimate professional” who has “come connected leaps and bounds” since his assignment arsenic Magpies brag successful 2021.

The winger notched a career-best 20 Premier League extremity contributions successful the 2024-25 campaign, but helium lone chipped successful with 4 goals and 5 assists successful 46 games for the Magpies past play arsenic they finished 13th successful the table.

Murphy signed for Newcastle from Norwich City 9 years agone and has since played a full of 264 games for the nine crossed each competitions, signaling 25 goals and 39 assists.

He helped Newcastle extremity their 70-year trophy drought successful 2025 erstwhile they won the EFL Cup, portion helium has besides represented the nine 12 times successful the Champions League crossed 2 abstracted campaigns.

Murphy has emerged arsenic the latest transportation people for Everton, who person already signed Hayden Hackney and Tyrique George for a combined interest of astir £40m.

As for Newcastle, they person already signed winger Bazoumana Toure for £42.5m to regenerate Gordon, but they would request to enlistee a caller winger if they agreed to portion ways with Murphy.