Matt signed for Newcastle United on loan in the Winter window of 2022. That window saw Newcastle United spend £90m, the most of any club in the world, with incomings including Kieran Trippier and Bruno Guimaraes for a club record fee.

At one point in the window, the first under the new Saudi ownership, the Magpies had been linked with Luca Digne, the French International. Instead Luca chose to move to the more established Aston Villa meaning Matt was displaced from the first team.

Having been the Villains player of the season in 2020/21 it seemed a logical move for all parties, with a straight loan for the remainder of the 2021/22 season.

Matt had a great second half of the season, good enough in fact for Newcastle to make his deal permanent in the following summer (2022) for a fee of £15m.

Things didn't progress as he'd have hoped after the permanent move however. So much so in fact that centre half Dan Burn would be preferred at left back for long periods of the season, keeping Matt to nothing more than a bit part role. Indeed over the seasons 2023/24 and 2024/25 his league game time would be limited to just five appearances in all.

The signing of the impressive Lewis Hall from Chelsea pushed Matt further down the pecking order and he was first loaned to Middlesborough before being released from the club in 2026.