Newcastle United can announce that five first team players will be leaving the club on the expiration of their contracts this summer.
Departing the Magpies will be long-serving duo Paul Dummett and Matt Ritchie, who have made a combined 428 competitive appearances for the club.
Geordie defender Dummett is Newcastle United’s longest-serving current player and will depart 23 years after first arriving at the club’s Academy.
Officially joining aged nine years old, he emerged through the Magpies’ youth system before making his senior debut in January 2013. He has since amassed 213 competitive appearances, scoring on four occasions, and has been a dependable presence in the first team squad for more than a decade.
Ritchie arrived at the club from AFC Bournemouth in July 2016 and, alongside Dummett, played a key role as Rafael BenÃtez’s side won the 2016/17 Championship title before re-establishing itself back in the Premier League.
