Newcastle boss Eddie Howe sends January transfer warning amid Johan Bakayoko interest
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Eddie Howe has warned he won’t sell players in January unless it benefits the long-term future of Newcastle. The Geordies will be battling to keep the likes of star men Bruno Guimaraes, who is being monitored by Manchester City, and Alexander Isak. The United coach has demanded that his squad stay united and forget about the window in a bid to continue their upturn in form at Ipswich after two wins and seven goals in the last two games.
A raft of players including Miguel Almiron, Kieran Trippier, Martin Dubravka, Matt Targett, Sean Longstaff have been linked with moves away next month to make financial room for targets including £24million Belgian PSV winger Johan Bakayoko. Howe said: “Hopefully we won't lose anybody we won't want to lose.
“I think everything has got to align, I think there has got to be a lot of things that come together. It's got to be right, not just for the here and now but for the future as well. We've got to be responsible to make sure any decision we make doesn't affect us in future windows as well.”.
Dubravka, current No1 with Nick Pope injured, could leave for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Shabab after seven years on Tyneside and Howe said: “It's not something that I want to read about or the players to read about. “Everyone that is contracted to us here is our player and I want their focus to be on playing well for us for as long as they are here. We have so many big games to come, we need everyone focused on what they're doing in the here and now.”.
Asked if players could leave he replied: "There is always a possibility, I never sit here and say no one will leave but it's got to be in conjunction with what we need from the team's perspective and again, always battling and balancing the long-term future of the club. We’ll need to be reactive and ready to do certain things.”.
