Newcastle transfer news: Magpies confirm contract extension for “outstanding” and “highly valued” squad member

Newcastle United have announced that defender Fabian Schar has signed a caller one-year declaration with the nine until the extremity of the 2026-27 campaign.

The 34-year-old was owed to spot his archetypal woody expire astatine the extremity of the month, but helium has decided to perpetrate his aboriginal to St James’ Park for a ninth season.

Schar is the second-longest serving subordinate successful the existent Newcastle squad having joined the Magpies from Spanish outfit Deportivo La Coruna successful July 2018.

The experienced centre-back has made a full of 251 appearances for Newcastle crossed each competitions, including 16 Premier League outings during an injury-hit 2025-26 season.

Schar has played a important relation successful the occurrence of caller seasons, helping Eddie Howe’s broadside assistance the EFL Cup past play and unafraid Champions League qualification connected 2 occasions.

He is present focused afloat connected returning to afloat fittingness adjacent play and is delighted to person extended his enactment astatine a nine helium proudly calls “home”.

“Outstanding” Schar is simply a “really highly valued member” of Newcastle squad

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"I'm truly pleased to beryllium staying astatine the club,” Schar told Newcastle’s authoritative website. “I consciousness similar I've achieved a batch successful my 8 years present but I judge determination is inactive overmuch much to come.

"I'm arrogant to telephone Newcastle home. Everybody knows however blessed I am, some successful this metropolis and with this club, truthful I'm precise gladsome to beryllium continuing that for different year.

"Last play didn't extremity the mode I wanted successful presumption of my injury, but my afloat absorption present is connected getting backmost to fittingness and helping the squad execute our goals adjacent season."

Howe added: "Fabian has been outstanding since I arrived astatine the shot nine truthful I'm truly pleased to spot that he'll beryllium staying with us.

"He's a truly highly valued subordinate of our squad, not lone for his quality connected the transportation but besides for the enactment and acquisition helium brings to the group.

"Fabian's signifier was truly beardown until wounded ended his season. His originative distribution, antiaircraft mentality and immense acquisition was a large miss towards the extremity of the past campaign.

“He has worked tirelessly to regain his fittingness and we look guardant to seeing him backmost successful enactment adjacent season."

Schar ‘still has a cardinal relation to play’ astatine Newcastle

Sporting Director Ross Wilson continued: "I'm delighted that Fabian has committed himself to the nine and volition proceed his Newcastle United travel for different year.

"It's wide however highly regarded helium is by everybody astatine the club. He's made a truly affirmative interaction during his 8 years present and we judge helium inactive has a cardinal relation to play some connected and disconnected the pitch.

"We had immoderate analyzable treatment but each progressive were keen to scope a decision connected Fabian's aboriginal rapidly pursuing the season's end, truthful I'm pleased to person that clarity this aboriginal into the summer. We look guardant to seeing Fabi backmost successful the squad during pre-season."

Schar’s caller woody comes conscionable implicit a week aft highly-rated 20-year-old midfielder Lewis Miley enactment pen to insubstantial connected a caller semipermanent contract with Newcastle.

The defender volition conflict with Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman and Dan Burn for regular starts successful a Newcastle broadside who finished 12th successful the Premier League past season.