Everton were in pursuit of Newcastle United ace Kieran Trippier.
Everton were in pursuit of Newcastle United ace Kieran Trippier.
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Everton-linked Kieran Trippier pushes to quit Newcastle as fresh approaches made

Dan Godfrey
Dan Godfrey

Dan is a sports writer and broadcaster, who wrote for Breaking Media Limited's club sites between May 2024 and May 2025. Graduating from the University of Huddersfield in 2018 with First Class Honours in Sports Journalism, Dan has worked with several EFL clubs, as well as with BBC Radio, talkSPORT and TNT Sports. He previously resided in Sydney, Australia, where he continued his career as a freelance writer and broadcaster in various sports.

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Fenerbahce and Besiktas have approached Newcastle United about signing Everton-linked right-back Kieran Tripper, according to talkSPORT.

Alex Crook reported [4 September] that Fenerbahce boss Jose Mourinho is a fan of the Newcastle ace, who is pushing to leave Tyneside after falling down Eddie Howe's pecking order.

The Toffees chased a move for Trippier and still had not given up hope of signing him after the deadline, having heard there were talks between him and Newcastle to potentially terminate his contract [Caught Offside, 3 September].

The Turkish transfer window remains open until 13 September giving Super Lig clubs plenty of time to get their business done, and Giovani van Bronckhorst's Besiktas have also approached the Magpies over Trippier.

Everton hopes of Kieran Trippier are fading

Everton were always up against it in their attempts to sign Trippier due to the 30 August transfer deadline.

By contrast, Mourinho and the like have the luxury of losing much of their competition for players in the coming days.

Newcastle would prefer to negotiate with foreign clubs for the 33-year-old, who retired from international football last month to prolong his club career, to avoid strengthening a rival and to not be forced into tearing up Trippier's contract to grant him his move and lose him for nothing.

Everton target Kieran Trippier
Everton have been in pursuit of Newcastle United ace Kieran Trippier

Seamus Coleman has only just recovered from his calf injury and Nathan Patterson has not played since mid-April, meaning youngster Roman Dixon has been drafted in by Sean Dyche and the club could do with another right-back in the building.

But it looks as though that man will not be Trippier, and some square pegs in round holes or another scour of the free agent market will be the only alternatives.

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