Newcastle United goalkeeper Martin Dubravka could leave the club this summer with Nick Pope set to return from injury.
Dubravka has been a regular in the Newcastle side in Pope’s five-month absence due to a dislocated shoulder. But the 35-year-old, who has just a year left on his contract, is open to leaving the club in order to guarantee regular first-team football.
According to iNews, the Slovakian has attracted interest from the Saudi Pro League and Newcastle would consider cashing in on the goalkeeper. Dubravka has made 159 appearances for the club since his loan move from Sparta Prague became permanent for £4million in 2018.
Newcastle’s goalkeeping situation is uncertain in general with Loris Karius set to leave upon the expiration of his contract in June. But current fourth-choice goalkeeper Mark Gillespie will remain at the club after a new one-year extension option in his contract was triggered.
The 32-year-old is likely to be Newcastle’s third-choice goalkeeper next season and the club assess potential replacements for Dubravka and Karius.
Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili has been scouted by the club while Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsdale has also been linked having previously worked with Eddie Howe at AFC Bournemouth.
Here are the contract situations at Newcastle United as things stand…
1. Loris Karius – 2024
Karius signed a new one-year deal at Newcastle in the summer but has made just one Premier League appearance since signing.
2. Kell Watts – 2024
Currently on loan at Wigan Athletic with his contract at Newcastle set to expire in the summer
3. Jeff Hendrick – 2024
Hendrick is still contract to Newcastle until the end of the season but his time at the club is effectively over with the midfielder currently out on loan at Sheffield Wednesday.
4. Paul Dummett – 2024
Signed a new one-year extension at Newcastle last summer.
5. Lewis Hall – 2024/(TBC)
Hall joined Newcastle on an initial loan deal from Chelsea which expires at the end of the season. He is understood to have trigged a performance-related obligation to buy clause in his loan deal and will become a permanent Newcastle player in the summer but it is not yet known how long his contract will be.
6. Mark Gillespie – 2025*
Still waiting to make his Premier League debut for Newcastle almost four years after signing. The 32-year-old goalkeeper’s current deal was set to expire at the end of the season but it is understood the club have triggered a one year extension to 2025.
7. Matt Ritchie – 2024
Ritchie signed a three year contract extension in 2020 which included an option to extend for a further year. The club triggered that extension in the summer.
8. Jamaal Lascelles – 2025
The Newcastle skipper signed a six-year deal back in 2018 which was due to end in June but Eddie Howe has confirmed an extension has been triggered to keep him at the club for another year.
9. Emil Krafth – 2025
Krafth signed an extension at Newcastle last year before picking up a serious knee injury that ruled him out for the majority of the 2022-23 campaign. He has since returned to fitness and made a handful of appearances this season. Another one-year extension has now been triggered.
10. Fabian Schar – 2025
The defender signed a two-year deal at Newcastle in 2022 which was set to expire at the end of the season but a new extension until 2025 has since been confirmed.
11. Jamal Lewis – 2025
Currently on loan at Watford, the left-back signed a five-year deal at Newcastle when he signed from Norwich City back in 2020.
12. Jay Turner-Cooke – 2025
Signed a two-year extension in 2023
13. Ryan Fraser – 2025
Currently on loan at Southampton, the winger signed a five-year deal for Newcastle when he arrived on a free back in 2020.
14. Joe White – 2025
The young midfielder new three-year deal at Newcastle in 2021.
15. Martin Dubravka – 2025
The goalkeeper signed a six-year deal back in 2019.
