No one is safe at Newcastle United - not even Martin Dubravka. Having been Newcastle's first-choice goalkeeper for so long, Dubravka's place is now under threat following the arrival of Nick Pope from Burnley.
For the first time in a long while at Newcastle, two current internationals who have been number ones in their own right in the Premier League for several years will battle it out to be the club's starting goalkeeper. There may be more headline-grabbing arrivals this summer, but that statement is a reminder of how far Newcastle have come.
Howe will settle on who will start between the sticks before the first game of the season to eliminate any doubts that can potentially unnerve a backline, and this is certainly not the first time the Newcastle head coach has had to make such a call. In fact, Artur Boruc had previously been Bournemouth's undisputed number one when Howe signed Asmir Begovic from Chelsea in 2017.
