The Mag
·3 June 2025
We asked fans which Newcastle United players most essential to keep for 2025/26 season – Intriguing response

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·3 June 2025
The question we were asking on Monday was: ‘Which Newcastle United players are essential to keep for the 2025/26 season?’
If you could only keep eight of the current NUFC playing staff to still be at St James’ Park when next season kicks off, who would they be?
Yes, the 2024/25 season has just ended, but less than eleven weeks until real football returns again.
Also, the transfer window opened on Sunday, so it is now possible for Newcastle United to buy AND sell whoever.
Whilst it will only be around a month or so more that the Newcastle United players will have off, before they are back to start preparing for the 2025/26 campaign.
So, which current Newcastle United players do you see as the essential ones that need to be kept at St James’ Park.
We asked you to name your eight choices from the 26 Newcastle United players listed below and here are the percentage (to the nearest whole number) of fans who voted for each one:
Tonali 100%
Isak 99%
Joelinton 89%
Livramento 88%
Hall 86%
Botman 80%
Gordon 54%
Burn 37%
Barnes 20%
Schar 15%
Miley 10%
Trippier 6%
Murphy 5%
Pope 5%
All the rest 0% (didn’t get 0.51% or more of Newcastle United fans voting for them)
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