Unexpected transfer: Newcastle former player Woodman joins Liverpool

A former Newcastle United player has just completed a shocking deal to Premier League champion Liverpool. No one could have foresaw this strange signing. The summer transfer window has now been fully opened, but for coach Eddie Howe's team, they've started quite slowly. In the first two weeks of the window opening, only one new player joined, which was not what Newcastle United fans expected.

However, this does not mean that the "magpies" are standing still. It is reported that Joao Pedro's transfer "looks very likely", and Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford has also reached a personal agreement with the team on the transfer.

Since Eddie Howe took office in 2021, Newcastle has witnessed the coming and going of countless players, including Freddy Woodman. After completing his Premier League debut, he permanently transferred to Preston in 2022.

Now, a surprising piece of news has just been confirmed: this summer, he will sign the defending Premier League champion Liverpool as a free agent. This is a deal that no one expected.

Former Newcastle player Freddy Woodman joined Liverpool from Preston In the early days of his career, goalkeeper Woodman had high expectations. He has fought side by side with Phil Foden and others, winning the U17 World Cup championship for England.

At that time, he looked promising, and many Newcastle fans had hoped that he would become the patron saint of the team's future. However, the direction of the story is not the case.

In 2021, under the leadership of coach Steve Bruce, Woodman finally got a chance in the first team of Newcastle. After several unsatisfactory starts, he was directly pushed to the battlefield against Manchester United at Old Trafford. That game was Cristiano Ronaldo's second debut for the return of the "Red Devils". He scored twice and helped Manchester United win 4-1. After

, Woodman was loaned to Bournemouth in January but failed to get a league appearance. After the contract expired, he joined Preston. After three relatively successful seasons at Deepdale Stadium, Liverpool officially confirmed this Friday night that he would sign the 28-year-old goalkeeper, who will become the team's third goalkeeper.

After an unforeseen transfer, the possibility of his future chance of playing in the Reds seems to be slim.

Freddy Woodman could have been very helpful to Newcastle United

After nearly 150 appearances for Preston, Woodman is now likely to wait for an opportunity on the bench at Liverpool. It's not clear how much playing time he can get, but he'll likely get some exposure to the Champions League, an experience he's never had in his career.

However, ideally Newcastle should have tried to sign Woodman back as he could have been a huge help to the team's upcoming Champions League journey. Woodman was born at Newcastle Youth Training Academy, which means that in the Champions League registration, he will be classified as a "club-local training" player.

If he could return to the team this summer, he could have helped the team get an extra valuable spot on the Champions League roster. At present, only Sean Longstaff, a player in the "Magpie" formation, meets the qualification to be "club locally trained". So coach Eddie Howe may be looking to bring in more of these players to help teams register their roster.

Previously, Fraser Foster was also associated with his return to Newcastle. But with James Trafford reportedly approaching joining, the possibility of the Magpies signing another goalkeeper is no longer high.