Newcastle United striker William Osula has been linked with a move away from the club in recent months.

The 22-year-old has struggled for regular opportunities at the Premier League club, and he needs to leave in order to play more often. Sitting on the bench at Newcastle will not benefit him. The 22-year-old is a talented player with a bright future.

William Osula needs a move

Osula has made just 14 appearances for Newcastle this season, mostly as a substitute. He has found the back of the net three times for them, and there is no doubt that he could be a very useful player in the right team. He was very close to joining Eintracht Frankfurt during the summer transfer window, but Newcastle pulled the plug on the deal at the last minute. It will be interesting to see if they are prepared to let him leave during the January window.

Keeping him at the club against his wishes might not be a wise decision. The player will be desperate to get his career back on track with regular game time.

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Osula to leave in January?

According to a report from the Chronicle, a decision on his future is now imminent. The player has not seen eye to eye with the manager regarding his playing time, and it is clear that the relationship is on the verge of breaking down.

Newcastle should look to provide him with an exit route next month. If they cannot find a permanent solution to the problem, they should look to send him out on loan. If he manages to impress during the second half of the campaign, they might be able to sell him for a reasonable fee in the summer.

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Honda has confirmed Ayumu Iwasa will defend his Super Formula title next season alongside ongoing Formula 1 reserve duties.

Iwasa will spend a third season with Team Mugen in the Japanese single-seater series in 2026 after winning this year’s championship at his second attempt.

The 24-year-old has never hidden his ambition of racing in F1 with the backing of Red Bull, which co-sponsored him along with Honda through much of his junior career and continued to employ him as a reserve and simulator driver.

However, Iwasa lost out in the race to replace Isack Hadjar at Racing Bulls to Arvid Lindblad, and faces another year of racing in Japan in a bid to prove himself for a step up in 2027.

He will once again partner two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri at Mugen.

The remainder of Honda’s roster sees few changes, with Dandelion Racing retaining Tadasuke Makino and Kakunoshin Ohta for a fourth season and rookie of the year Igor Fraga earning a second campaign at Nakajima Racing alongside Ren Sato.

One change is that Yuto Nomura, who won this year’s Super Formula Lights title, will join B-Max Racing in place of Shun Koide, who is expected to move over to ThreeBond Racing, although this remains unconfirmed.

Jack Doohan, Alpine

Last Friday, Toyota revealed 11 of the 13 drivers that will race its cars in Super Formula, confirming several driver moves that were previewed by the Suzuka test.

It confirmed Kenta Yamashita’s switch from Kondo Racing to KCMG, where he will partner two-time World Rally champion Kalle Rovanpera, Zak O’Sullivan joining the one-car Impul squad, and Kamui Kobayashi leaving KCMG in favour of a move to TGM Grand Prix.

Charlie Wurz was also confirmed as Team Goh’s sole driver for its comeback to Super Formula, which was announced just prior to the test.

Kondo Racing’s line-up was left as TBD, although the team is still expected to field Alpine F1 outcast Jack Doohan and Formula 2 race winner Luke Browning in 2026.

Wurz’s younger brother Oscar was also confirmed for a season of Super Formula Lights with TOM’S alongside Japanese youngsters Kiyoshi Umegaki and Tokiya Suzuki.

Formula Regional European race winner Akshay Bohra appears to be the frontrunner for the final TOM’S Lights seat after driving for the team in testing at Suzuka last week.

Another frontrunner from that series, Evan Giltaire, could also be in line for a move to Japan after topping three of four sessions at Suzuka driving for B-Max Racing.

2026 Super Formula driver lineup so far:

Team Engine Drivers

Team Mugen	Honda	Ayumu Iwasa  Tomoki Nojiri
Kondo Racing	Toyota	TBD TBD
Dandelion Racing	Honda	Tadasuke Makino  Kakunoshin Ohta
TGM GP TGR-DC	Toyota	Kamui Kobayashi  Rikuto Kobayashi
KCMG	Toyota	Kenta Yamashita  Kalle Rovanperä
Triple Tree Racing	Honda	Juju Noda
ThreeBond Racing	Honda	TBA
Rookie Racing	Toyota	Nirei Fukuzumi
Team Impul	Toyota	Zak O’Sullivan
Delightworks Racing	Honda	Nobuharu Matsushita
TOM’S	Toyota	Sho Tsuboi  Sacha Fenestraz
Cerumo/Inging	Toyota	Sena Sakaguchi  Toshiki Oyu
B-Max Racing	Honda	Yuto Nomura
Team Goh	Toyota	Charlie Wurz
Nakajima Racing	Honda	Ren Sato  Igor Fraga

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