No Premier League Summer Series for Newcastle United with Hong Kong calling – Report | OneFootball

Newcastle United are not taking part in the Premier League Summer Series later this year in the USA.

With The Athletic reporting that Manchester United, West Ham, Bournemouth and Everton are all lined up to take part.

This 2025 Premier League Summer Series of matches won’t be allowed to kick-off until mid-July, after the conclusion of the daft FIFA Club World Cup, which is also being played in America.

The first Premier League Summer Series event was held in 2023, which included Brentford, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Fulham and Brighton.

With Chelsea winning the tournament, finishing ahead of Aston Villa in second and Newcastle United in third.

Now The Mail say that after ‘missing out’ on a place in the 2025 Premier League Summer Series, Newcastle United are looking to instead go to Hong Kong.

They report that Eddie Howe’s side are exploring the chance of playing matches at the new Kai Tak 50,000 capacity stadium in Kowloon, with one of the games potentially against Tottenham.

The 2025/26 Premier League season kicks off on the weekend of Saturday 16 August 2025 and back in early December 2024, it was widely reported that Newcastle will play a pre-season friendly at Celtic on 19 July 2025. So any potential visit to Hong Kong, or indeed anywhere else overseas, would presumably be scheduled closer to the start of the new season.

There was no Premier League Summer Series in 2024, with the Euros and Copa America tournaments key reasons for that.

Newcastle United went to Japan last summer, playing friendlies against Urawa Red Diamonds and Yokohama F. Marinos.