{"id":796405,"date":"2026-03-01T07:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/796405\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:16:12","slug":"its-clear-newcastle-player-wants-permanent-transfer-but-his-hands-are-tied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/796405\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s clear\u201d: Newcastle player wants permanent transfer, but his hands are tied"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos<\/a> has expressed his desire to join Sevilla<\/a> on a permanent deal from Newcastle United<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old has resurrected his career on loan at the La Liga club this season after two frustrating spells in England with Newcastle and Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

Vlachodimos played just seven times for Forest in all competitions during the 2023-24 campaign before making a surprise \u00a320m move to Newcastle the following summer, but his game time has not improved at St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the Greece international has played just 45 minutes of football for the Magpies – a substitute outing in an EFL Cup win over AFC Wimbledon in October 2024 – and his long-term future at the club is now uncertain.<\/p>\n

Vlachodimos joined Sevilla on a season-long loan deal in August last year and has established himself as the club\u2019s first-choice shot-stopper, playing in 21 consecutive La Liga matches.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Iconsport \/ Pressinphoto \/ Icon Sport<\/p>\n

Vlachodimos keen to stay at Sevilla amid Newcastle uncertainty<\/p>\n

It has previously been reported by Sport Witness<\/a> that Vlachodimos is \u2018willing to force his way out\u2019 of Newcastle this summer and sign permanently for Sevilla.<\/p>\n

Vlachodimos has since made his feelings clear on his current club, telling\u00a0ABC, as quoted by Sport Witness<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m very happy at Sevilla. I think it\u2019s clear that I enjoy playing every match with this team. I\u2019ll try to give my best every day, and that makes me feel very happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke with the manager (Matias Almeyda<\/a>), the president, and the sporting director about the club\u2019s situation in La Liga, but for me, the most important thing from day one is that this experience has been a gift since I arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to get back to playing and be able to give my all to the team. This place is exactly as I imagined it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Vlachodimos \u201cunsure\u201d over Newcastle future ahead of summer<\/p>\n

However, Vlachodimos is aware that Newcastle are in control of his future and he is unsure whether he will return to St James’ Park, where he is under contract until June 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is, I still have a contract with Newcastle and they decide, I don\u2019t know what will happen in the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really don\u2019t think I can answer these questions about the future. I truly don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen this summer. Honestly, I have a contract with Newcastle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what their plans will be when the season ends. We\u2019ll see what happens then. I really don\u2019t have an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vlachodimos will seemingly find it difficult to force is way into Eddie Howe<\/a>\u2019s first-team plans at Newcastle while Nick Pope<\/a> remains his first-choice goalkeeper, while a decision is yet to be made on whether the Magpies will look to sign on-loan Aaron Ramsdale<\/a> from Southampton on a permanent deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos has expressed his desire to join Sevilla on a permanent deal from Newcastle United. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[4230,68644,94,707,2826,22138,7126,101,4151,93,79,68303,10938,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-796405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-epl","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-olympics","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-rugby","17":"tag-sport","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-sports-mole","20":"tag-teams","21":"tag-tennis","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116152696401400419","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}