BBC Radio Newcastle have been discussing which player should be appointed captain for Newcastle United's 2026-27 season, following the departure of Bruno Guimaraes to ******* nal.
Lee Hawthorn gave eight potential options for the the armband and you can read all about them on this page, but here are his top two players that he wants new head coach Matthias Jaissle to consider for captaincy.
2. Malick Thiaw
So, hands up, Malick Thiaw wasn't originally on this list. I had seen some chatter online about the defender potentially taking the armband but I hadn't really seen anything to suggest he would be. Obviously, Matthias Jaissle has seen something in the German that I haven't because Thiaw was the captain in the new head coach's first game in charge for the friendly with Valencia. There's a chance it was just a nice birthday presenter for Thiaw but at 25-years-old he's now one of the older players of the new crop for Newcastle 2.0 and was one of the few players who finished last season with any credit. I still think there is a chance Newcastle will name a club captain, but now my eyes have been opened to the very real possibility to Malick Thiaw leading the Mags out at St. James' Park this season.
1. Dan Burn

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