Man United get Lewis Hall transfer update as Newcastle contact made

The Magpies turned down an enquiry for Hall two weeks ago and have no plans to facilitate an exit for the 21-year-old this summer, report Sky Sports. Newcastle are already in the market for a full-back themselves, so do not feel able to lose another in the market, with Kieran Trippier departing at the end of his contract in June.

Hall established himself as a key player for Newcastle last season under Eddie Howe. The defender produced standout performances, including against Barcelona's Lamine Yamal, but was unfortunate to miss out on Thomas Tuchel's England squad for the World Cup

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United were said to be willing to pay £60million for Hall's services after he turned down the chance to return to Chelsea. Luke Shaw is currently Carrick's only natural option after Harry Amass was told he can leave the club, with Patrick Dorgu preferred in a more advanced position.

Hall is set to remain at St James' Park, but Newcastle have seen a number of players they did not wish to sell depart in recent times. Alexander Isak left for Liverpool last summer after forcing a move to Anfield, while the Magpies have relented and allowed Bruno Guimaraes to depart for Arsenal despite not wanting to sell him.

Newcastle sporting director Ross Wilson explained the decision. “We didn’t want to sell Bruno. It wasn’t in the plan to sell Bruno. None of us — or ownership — wanted to sell Bruno," he said.

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“He’s our captain, he was very, very important to us and the debate over his price — it’s a world-record fee for a player of his age. What we had to weigh up was, very respectfully from Bruno with his behaviour towards us, very emotionally as well, effectively told us he wanted to leave and move on.

“That doesn’t mean he can go but it certainly plays a part in what our thinking is when we hit a certain range of number. But there’s no part in saying it was part of our strategy and was in our thinking this summer — it wasn’t.

“But we have got to be flexible and react to things that happen. It might have been in our plan to sign one player but we didn’t get him so we move on to another. We can only be honest about that.”

Hall was absent from Newcastle training on Thursday morning but was working on a different fitness programme.