£4m player is set to officially leave Newcastle United imminently

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There looks set to be a big change at Newcastle United during the first half of the January transfer window.

There has been so much talk about players sales on Tyneside, with Newcastle United needing to sell before they buy.

Even if that happens, it remains to be seen who the Magpies could buy. Abdukodir Khusanov to Newcastle United is unlikely, with the RC Lens defender seemingly on course to join Manchester City.

Elsewhere, Johan Bakayoko will not be leaving PSV Eindhoven.

However, Newcastle must still move players on to reduce their wage bill and ease their PSR concerns.

Update on Martin Dubravka leaving Newcastle United

And that is why it looks like Martin Dubravka is going to be sold this week.

According to journalist Khaled Al-Shenaif on SBA Sport, Al-Shabab have officially signed Martin Dubravka from Newcastle United, with an official announcement now the final piece of the puzzle.

They state that an announcement could come on Thursday or Friday.

What happened after Newcastle United beat Arsenal

This comes after it had been claimed Dubravka would leave Newcastle after the Arsenal game.

That was pencilled in as his final Toon match, and Dubravka looked very emotional at full-time as he took centre stage in front of the travelling fans.

A move to Saudi Arabia has felt more and more likely, only to be complicated by his recent run in the Newcastle United starting XI.

Who could replace Martin Dubravka?

Newcastle United are on a run of seven consecutive wins, with Dubravka starting all seven of those games.

With that in mind, it is understandable why Eddie Howe is reluctant to let the £4million player leave.

But now a departure appears to be set, which means Newcastle will need to change their goalkeeper this weekend.

Odysseas Vlachodimos is the most likely candidate to come into the starting XI against Bromley, as he is ahead of Mark Gillespie and John Ruddy in the pecking order. Elsewhere, Nick Pope is still injured.

However, there is hope that Pope could be back to face Bournemouth on January 18th following Howe’s recent comments on the England international.