Newcastle United simply have to get better at selling players.
Newcastle United’s record departure is Elliot Anderson, who joined Nottingham Forest for £35million in 2024. Andy Carroll joined Liverpool for a similar fee back in 2011.
Still, even that was offset by the fact Newcastle bought goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos from Forest as part of a reportedly PSR-imposed transaction.
Indeed, Newcastle know that spending big on transfers will force them to sell their key players at some point, such are the tight margins with the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).
Quite how Newcastle get around that is unclear. No one will want to sell any of their best players and, this summer at least, there doesn’t appear to be a great need to.
However, a failure to raise funds has been a problem for a decade now.
Newcastle United rank 16th in the Premier League for player sales over the last ten years
Newcastle were frustrated Dan Ashworth couldn’t sell more players during his brief time as sporting director at St James’ Park.
Still, the problem dates back to well before Ashworth’s appointment, as well as the PIF era as a whole.
In fact, Transfermarkt have now released some data. They ranked the 20 Premier League clubs for money made through player sales over the last ten years.
Unsurprisingly, Newcastle sit very far down the list. They are 16th, having made roughly £311.18million by selling players.
The players Newcastle United could sell this summer
Granted, the Newcastle United owners and decision makers are in a difficult spot.
Cashing in on the likes of Alexander Isak or Anthony Gordon would surely raise huge funds, but no one will want to do that.
With that in mind, other players may need to be sacrificed. Newcastle could sell Sean Longstaff this summer, and his sale would go down as ‘pure profit’ on the club’s balance sheet due to his status as a graduate from the Newcastle United academy.
Elsewhere, Joe Willock could leave Newcastle this summer, amid links with the likes of Crystal Palace and Fulham.
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