Tim Krul doesn’t seem to be fully over Newcastle United’s decision to not let him join a specific club while he was at St James’ Park.
In 2025, the 38-year-old ended a playing career that lasted for close to two decades. He spent more than a decade at Newcastle United.
The Magpies initially signed him for their academy in 2005 and promoted him to the first team a year later. The former goalkeeper had two loan spells and only started to enjoy regular minutes from 2010.
Krul’s time at Newcastle United
He made 185 appearances for the Tyneside club, keeping 52 clean sheets and conceding 277 goals. During his time with them, the Dutchman played both in the Premier League and the Championship.
Tim Krul was the first-choice stopper for Newcastle United between 2010 and 2015. He spent the 2016/17 season on loan at Ajax and Brighton, and left St. James’ Park as a free agent in 2017. He then joined the Seagulls and left them for Norwich City a year later.
The former stopper earlier admitted he felt too comfortable with the Magpies and found “real hunger” at Norwich City.
On Thursday, he was an analyst for Ziggo Sport, and Voetbal Primeur have relayed his comments about the English club blocking his move to AC Milan in 2014.
Still not over Newcastle United’s decision
Tim Krul had an opportunity to move to the Serie A side when Clarence Seedorf was in charge between January and June 2014. This means AC Milan wanted to sign him in the winter 2014 market.
“That was a very long time ago. Newcastle wouldn’t let me go to AC Milan back then. They were asking just a little too much money at that moment,” he said.
“I told my wife about it at the time. England is beautiful, of course, but Milan is one of the biggest clubs in the world. I ultimately never played at San Siro. That is definitely one of the stadiums I missed in my career. I ended up trapped at Newcastle for a total of 11 years.”
During the 2013/14 season, the Rossoneri finished eight in the league. Christian Abbiati was the No.1 with Marco Amelia and Gabriel as his backup. Later that year, Krul was part of the Netherlands squad that finished third in the 2014 World Cup.
