Tommy Setford joined us last season from the Ajax academy and headed out on our pre-season tour to America last summer. During his maiden season in N5, Tommy made his first team debut in the Carabao Cup fourth round against Preston North End, keeping a clean sheet at Deepdale in a 3-0 victory.

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Alexander Isak will remain a Newcastle player next season because nobody can afford to buy him. That is the view of former Magpies defender John Anderson amid frenzied speculation over the Sweden international’s future on Tyneside following his absence from the club’s first pre-season friendly at Celtic on Saturday.

Following Callum Wilson’s exit and the failure to sign Joao Pedro or Hugo Ekitike, Newcastle have been left alarmingly short up top. Remove Isak and they appear toothless, which is unnerving given his durability will be tested across 2025-26 with the additional demands of Champions League football.

Newcastle are living streaming all seven of their pre-season friendly games, via the club website on app, starting with today's match at Celtic. Magp+ members can access all games for £9.99 while Mags members can pay £19.99. Non-members can get al matches for £29,99.

Where to watch the club friendly match online between Celtic and Newcastle, including live streams, TV channels, kick-off time and more.

Newcastle United are set to be boosted by the return of Tino Livramento in their pre-season preparations. The Magpies have been without Livramento for the opening fortnight of pre-season after he helped England Under-21s win the Under-21 European Championships last month.

Newcastle United's pre-season campaign started in dismal fashion with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Scottish champions Celtic on Saturday. Of course, the first clash of United's summer schedule was always going to be about getting Eddie Howe's players up to speed but the manner of the defeat caused some of the travelling contingent to depart Parkhead early and head to the pubs.

Nick Pope made a farcical error as Newcastle were hammered in a friendly by Celtic in front of around 10,000 visiting fans.

Arne Engels opened the scoring with a 28th-minute penalty before Johnny Kenny doubled Celtic's lead, latching onto a long ball that was misjudged by Pope, presenting a clear path through to an open go

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe enjoyed the dream pre-season in 2022 when he took his troops to Saalfelden in Austria.