Newcastle United reject Championship loan move for 29-year-old amid imminent £20m departure

 · February 3 2025, 13:00
Newcastle United reject Championship loan move for 29-year-old amid imminent £20m departure
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It has been a busy couple of days for Newcastle United in the transfer market with Lloyd Kelly heading to Juventus in a deal that could open up a world of possibilities in the summer.

Lloyd Kelly flew to Turin yesterday to complete his loan move to Juventus. The 26-year-old will become a Juventus player later today all being well and that will see him move to Italy on loan for the remainder of the season with the Serie A side set to buy Kelly in the summer for a £20 million fee.

That £20 million could be massive in terms of PSR given that Kelly arrived on a free transfer. The deal also includes a sell-on percentage when he leaves Juventus.

Meanwhile, Newcastle have been actively fending off interest for another defender.

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Newcastle rejected a loan offer from Watford for Matt Targett

Sky Sports have reported that Newcastle have turned down a loan offer from Watford for Matt Targett.

The 29-year-old was surplus to requirements at Newcastle after having sat out most of the last two campaigns with injury, but with Lloyd Kelly's exit imminent, Newcastle can't really afford to let another left-back go at this time.

From a pure footballing perspective, it may have made more sense to let Targett leave while we kept Kelly, but given the deal on offer for Kelly and PSR being what it is, the club has definitely made the right call.

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The summer transfer window is going to be massive

We expect that Newcastle will still look to move Matt Targett on in the summer as we overhaul the squad.

The list of players required is getting longer the more business we do, so we really hope that Paul Mitchell knows what he's doing as we still don't believe we'll be spending big this summer.

Are anyone else's nerves shot? So much is riding on the summer window now.

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