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The new head coach Sam Allardyce immediately took on responsible tasks - on his initiative, the club on Wednesday released five footballers. Goalkeeper Pavel Srniček and defenders Titus Bramble, Craig Moore, Oguchi Onyewu and Olivier Bernard were left without a place in the team.
All of these players' contracts end this summer and the strategist did not want to extend them.
It is worth noting the release of T.Bramble. This 25-year-old defender, who once played for the England youth national team, arrived at Newcastle in the summer of 2002 from Ipswich Town for 5 million pounds.
The fast and physically strong Englishman was considered one of the most promising in the country, but due to a lack of concentration and frequent childish mistakes, he failed to become the powerful footballer he was expected to be.
The 31-year-old Australian C.Moore put on the "Magpies" shirt in 2005, coming from the club Borussia Monchengladbach. However, his opportunities to shine were diminished by frequent injuries, starting in the starting lineup only 29 matches, 21 of them this season.
O.Onyewu was loaned by the then Newcastle coach Glenn Roeder this winter, but he failed to earn any significant role.
The same fate awaited O.Bernard and P.Srniček, who did not play a single match this season.
