Newcastle were in fine form on Saturday as Eddie Howe watched his side earn a point in the 1-1 draw against Manchester City.

A 58th-minute penalty from Anthony Gordon - who recently signed a new contract - saw Newcastle move into seventh place in the Premier League, cancelling out an opener from Josko Gvardiol.

In fact, Newcastle arguably should have been awarded a penalty too, after Kyle Walker upended Joelinton in the 61st minute.

Eddie Howe was forced to deploy Anthony Gordon as a makeshift striker in the absence of Alexander Isak and Callum Wilson, although Newcastle are in talks to sign a top goalscorer to bolster this department in 2025.

Newcastle-linked Jonathan David scores hat-trick for Lille TBR Football were told on Wednesday (25th September) that Newcastle have entered talks to sign Jonathan David on a free transfer after he informed Lille that he wants to leave in 2025.

The Canada international sees his contract with Lille expire at the end of the current campaign, alerting many clubs to his situation following remarkable consistency in front of goal.

Now, Newcastle potentially run the risk of having added competition for the Canadian, after he scored an impressive hat-trick in Lille's 3-0 win over Le Havre on Saturday.

As SofaScore shows, David registered two key passes to go with his three goals, while he also made two tackles and completed 31 of his attempted 34 passes, earning a perfect ten-match rating.

| PERFECT PERFORMANCE

Jonathan David v Le Havre:

50 touches 3 goals 7 shots/5 on target (1.40 xG) 2 key passes 31/34 accurate passes (0.33 xA) 2 tackles 10 Sofascore Rating

That was flawless by the Lille's Canadian striker! #HACLOSC pic.twitter.com/dPxiflswrk

- Sofascore Football (@SofascoreINT) September 28, 2024 View Tweet

Marc Guehi saga will be forgiven if Paul Mitchell lands David for Eddie Howe As was well documented, Newcastle wanted to sign Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace during the summer transfer window, ultimately seeing four bids rejected for the England international.

It seemed like a case of Paul Mitchell - Director of Football at Newcastle - putting all of his eggs into one basket, as the Magpies also failed to land a new forward.

However - in our view at least - all will be forgiven if Newcastle sign David, who is arguably going to be one of Europe's most wanted commodities next year, given his superb goalscoring record and also due to the fact he is just 24 years of age.

Season Competition Games Goals 24/25 Ligue 1 6 5 24/25 UEFA Champions League 1 0 24/25 UEFA Champions League Qualifying 2 2 23/24 Ligue 1 34 19 23/24 UEFA Conference League 8 3 23/24 Coupe de France 3 3 23/24 UEFA Conference League Qualifying 2 1 22/23 Ligue 1 37 24 22/23 Coupe de France 3 2 21/22 Ligue 1 38 15 Furthermore, David is also able to operate on either flank or as a secondary striker, so he could fill in for Gordon or Harvey Barnes out wide, but also be used as a partner for Isak.

If Mitchell can pull this free transfer off, it would be a shrewd piece of recruitment - to say the least.

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