Newcastle United youngster Alex Murphy recent spoke about the need to move away from the club on loan this season.
The 20-year-old has been floating around Eddie Howe's first team over the last 12 months, but with Sven Botman returning from injury, Alex Murphy's days of warming the first-team bench seem to be behind him for now.
Recently Murphy spoke about wanting to leave on loan to get some first-team experience rather than playing in Newcastle's Under 21s.
Now it seems that the Republic of Ireland U21 international will get his wish today.
Craig Hope posted on X with a brief update suggesting that Murphy is heading to Bolton Wanderers on loan.
"➡️ Understand Newcastle defender Alex Murphy will head out on loan to Bolton today"
It's a good move for Murphy who will be happy to get some first-team football under his belt having been within touching distance of the Newcastle first-team at one point.
On the flip side, it likely means that any deal for Lloyd Kelly is highly unlikely to happen.
The 26-year-old has been linked with moves to Fenerbahce and Juventus, but Newcastle have slapped a high asking price on the player who signed in the summer for free after leaving Bournemouth.
A deal never looked likely with Eddie Howe calling Kelly an 'important' part of the team, but with Newcastle allowing Alex Murphy to leave, Kelly can probably rest easy now.
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