Here are the latest Newcastle United evening headlines on Sunday, July 10.
Ciaran Clark set for Sheffield United loan move
Ciaran Clark's Newcastle United career looks to be over after reports emerged linking the Irish centre-back to Sheffield United. ChronicleLive understands the 32-year-old is set to join the Blades on loan for their upcoming Championship season.
And with a year left on his Newcastle deal, the defender looks to have played his final game on Tyneside.
Clark has not played a competitive game for Newcastle since January and was left out of Eddie Howe's 25-man Premier League squad for the second half of last season.
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Since his arrival, Clark has made 112 appearances for the Magpies and was instrumental in helping them jump back to the Premier League at the first time of asking back in 2017. So impressive were his performances under Rafa Benitez that season, he was named Newcastle's Player of the Year for 2017.
Newcastle bound Alex Murphy lands award in perfect Galway send off
Incoming Newcastle United starlet Alex Murphy signed off as a Galway United player in the perfect way possible on Friday evening as his side beat Cobh Ramblers 3-0.
Murphy agreed to join the Magpies back in May and will head over to Tyneside in the coming days to begin his Newcastle United career.
The 18-year-old, put in a stellar performance for Galway in his final game, picking up their Young Player of the Month award for June after the full-time whistle.
And the 3-0 win means Galway sit just one point off league leaders Cork City in Ireland's second-tier.
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe issues Sven Botman plan
Eddie Howe will take his time when it comes to integrating £35m man Sven Botman into his plans this summer.
Botman watched from the sidelines as Newcastle got their pre-season campaign off to a flyer with a 5-1 win over Gateshead behind closed doors.
Alongside the Dutchman, Nick Pope and Fabian Schar were also not named in Howe's friendly squad with the Newcastle boss stating after the friendly: "I think with those lads we didn’t want to push them too quickly. We wanted to give them a little bit more time because they’ve had reduced training time. Just being careful but just making sure that, if we can, keep the majority of the squad fit."
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