Newcastle ‘make five players untouchable' in summer transfer window after securing Champions League football
NEWCASTLE have drawn up their transfer plans - and made five stars 'untouchable'.
Eddie Howe is planning for another assault on the Champions League as well as bridging the gap to the top of the Premier League.
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Eddie Howe won the Carabao Cup last season and wants more
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With Financial Fair Play breathing down their necks, fans may have been fretting that some top stars could be flogged.
But according to
Here, SunSport checks out the five players who will be sticking around St James' Park for a while longer...
Bruno Guimaraes
The Brazilian midfield maestro has suitors across Europe, but Toon won't budge.
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Bruno Guimaraes embodies the passion of Newcastle
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Sandro Tonali
The Italian has been a colossus this season. There have been games where his class has made the difference.
Howe knows they've got a much better chance of achieving big things with him in the side.
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Sandro Tonali has become on of the first names on the team-sheet
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Anthony Gordon
What a rise, from Goodison fringe man to Newcastle's flying winger, and now an England star.
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The club want to keep
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Gordon just keeps getting better and better since arriving from Everton
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Tino Livramento
A modern-day full-back who didn't get a proper look-in at
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Alexander Isak
One of the best strikers in Europe, consistently making the difference in big games. Unreal when fully fit and he just keeps getting better.
There's top-level interest as expected but the club have made it clear he's going nowhere.
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Alexander Isak is a man in demand but Newcastle want to keep him
The Magpies are braced for aggressive approaches this summer and will let some players go but they've already started work on the building blocks for next season.
They've also been linked again to
Howe knows how brutal the Champions League can be after finishing bottom of their group last time around.
This year the target is to get out of the group and make a real statement in Europe.
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