Newcastle United need to reduce the size of their goalkeeping department in 2025. The Magpies currently have a surplus of goalkeepers, after Odysseas Vlachodimos and John Ruddy joined the club over the summer. Newcastle United’s first-team squad has five senior stoppers, with that duo joining Nick Pope, Martin Dubravka and Mark Gillespie. Eddie Howe is well stocked in that position, despite not strengthening it in the way that he had hoped over the summer. Newcastle wanted to sign someone who could eventually replace Pope, with James Trafford heavily linked with a move to St James’ Park. But f…
