William Osula

William Osula played a meaningful squad role for Newcastle United in the 2025-26 Premier League season, making 24 appearances, including eight starts, and scoring seven goals. The split between starts and substitute outings points to a striker used heavily from the bench rather than as a fixed first-choice option, but the goal return was productive for that role. He also added two goals in three League Cup appearances and three goals in four UEFA U21 matches, while his six Champions League appearances brought no goals.

Osula’s career path has been relatively direct: Sheffield United developed him, Derby County gave him a loan spell, and Newcastle United then paid to take him into a higher-level Premier League squad. At 22, the profile is still more about progression than established status, but the 2025-26 season showed he could contribute goals while competing for minutes in a stronger squad.

The transfer record shows a steady rise in level. Osula joined Sheffield United as a trainee in 2018, was loaned to Derby County in 2022, returned in January 2023, and then moved to Newcastle United for a reported 15,000,000 fee in August 2024. That fee marked a clear step up from development prospect to investment signing, even if his role at Newcastle remained partly rotational.