Who are the most important Newcastle United players for the 2026/27 season?
Yes, I know we still have to get through the remaining five weeks of this current one but one thing for sure, inside St James’ Park they are well underway planning for the next one.
The 2026/27 Premier League season kicks off on the weekend of Saturday 22 August 2026.
Which is in 18 weeks time and will kick off 13 weeks after this current one ends.
You are talking only something like ten weeks from now until pre-season starts and the Newcastle United players and Eddie Howe are back together in advance of that new season, so no time to waste.
I am sure Eddie Howe already has a very good idea of who he wants to keep and who the priority players are for next season in his plans.
This is my opinion on the Newcastle United players. In order, how important they are to keep for the 2026/27 season:
Bruno Guimaraes
Anthony Gordon
Sandro Tonali
Lewis Hall
Malick Thiaw
Nick Woltemade
Lewis Miley
Tino Livramento
Jacob Ramsey
Harvey Barnes
Joelinton
That gives you my eleven most important Newcastle United players for next season, though of course no goalkeeper amongst them.
What about the rest?
Here are the next ten Newcastle United players on my liist:
Sven Botman
Anthony Elanga
Dan Burn
Yoane Wissa
Nick Pope
Jacob Murphy
Will Osula
Fabian Schar
Joe Willock
Alex Murphy
I think Joe Willock will be sold in the summer as he only has one year left on his contract. Alex Murphy very likely to leave as well I would have thought to get first team football at Championship level hopefully.
I am hoping Fabian Schar will stay another year, agree another 12 months contract extension.
Whist the following won’t, in my opinion, be playing any part next season for sure. Trippier and Targett are leaving, Ramsdale won’t be made permanent, with the rest of them below almost certainly exiting as well.
Aaron Ramsdale, Emil Krafth, Oydsseas Vlachodimos, Harrison Ashby, John Ruddy, Mark Gillespie, Joe White, Matt Targett, Kieran Trippier.
Eddie Howe will have decisions to make on teenagers such as Leo Shahar and Sean Neave, whether to fully integrate them as first team squad players for next season, or send them out on loan to get regular first team football elsewhere. Maybe do that for the first half of next season and potentially see them playing a part at NUFC as we move into 2027.
One thing for sure though, this is going to be a summer of a lot of transfer activity, players moving in AND out of St James’ Park.