This already seems like a really totally different summer time for Newcastle.
Whereas the Alexander Isak saga dragged on till Newcastle buckled and offered the Swede to Liverpool for £125m on deadline day, this time round, the membership agreed to let Gordon go to Barcelona earlier than the window even formally opened.
Equally, whereas Newcastle spent £55m to make Anthony Elanga their first signing of final summer time, this time round, the membership have pivoted away from the Premier League confirmed market with their opening strikes of the window.
Newcastle have all the time focused gamers from the continent, in addition to these with top-flight expertise, however Jaouen’s arrival and the pursuit of Munoz have nonetheless signalled a shift in method because the membership look to study classes from final yr’s bruising summer time.
Newcastle have since widened their recruitment community.
They’re trying to signal youthful gamers with the potential to develop with the membership like Jaouen, who’s 20, and Munoz, who’s 22.
As BBC Sport beforehand reported, Newcastle are additionally bidding to make smarter use of knowledge after sporting director Ross Wilson walked right into a membership whose operation was method behind what he left at Nottingham Forest in October 2025.
But, most noticeably, they’re shifting rapidly.
After already signing Jaouen, Newcastle wish to recruit Munoz, probably even earlier than he has the possibility to catch the attention of different suitors with a cameo from the bench on the World Cup.
