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Rafa Benitez Confirms Fulham Target Jonjo Shelvey Will Not Leave Newcastle in January

Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez has confirmed that there is "no chance" midfielder Jonjo Shelvey will leave St James' Park during the January transfer window.

The 26-year-old has been attracting a lot of interest ahead of the winter transfer window. Most notably Fulham have been linked with Shelvey, as Claudio Ranieri is weighing up a swap deal which would see Tom Cairney move in the opposite direction.

But Benitez is adamant that Shelvey will not be leaving Newcastle next month, confirming that the Magpies are not looking to offload any of their first-team players ahead of the second half of the season.