Callum Wilson opens up on his next club after ending Newcastle stay: “It’s now confirmed”
Callum Wilson has returned from a punditry stint at the Club World Cup weighing up a number of offers from clubs and he will decide which option is best after a personal training camp
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Callum Wilson left Newcastle last month after his contract reached its expiry date.
Callum Wilson left Newcastle last month after his contract reached its expiry date.(Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Callum Wilson says he is weighing up a number of offers before deciding his next club. And the striker, 33, who left Newcastle last month, is jetting off for an individual training camp before making up his mind as he aims to continue his career “for a few more years.”
Wilson has been working as a pundit for DAZN at the Club World Cup while weighing up offers and said: “I don’t want to leave it too long before making a decision.
“I’ve continued to keep myself fit during the off season and it’s now confirmed that I will be joining a new club at some point. I want to go in there hitting the ground running so I’m going into a fitness camp abroad and then I’ll get up my sharpness. Then I’ll make a decision and when I’m back in the UK I’ll be joining the new team.”
Wilson, who has been previously linked with Everton and Leeds, said he has drawn a line under his five-year spell at St James’ Park and speaks glowingly of manager Eddie Howe.
But officially leaving on June 30 has offered him clarity following a troubled spell with injuries as he struggled to displace top scorer Alexander Isak.
“I feel strong and I feel in a good place mentally,” he added. “I’m content in terms of the situation now. I know I’ve left Newcastle, so that’s kind of one less decision I need to make going forward.”
During his time in the US, “dipping his toe” into punditry as he explores what to do when he hangs up his boots, Wilson found it hard to get quality training in because of the brutal heat in built-up cities- but he also went to great lengths to keep fit.
Callum Wilson celebrating with the EFL Cup last season.
Callum Wilson celebrating with the EFL Cup last season.(Image: Kieran McManus/REX/Shutterstock)
“My body clock was still on UK time for a while so I was waking up and going to bed at all sorts of hours so one night I was on the rowing machined at 2:30am.”
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