Newcastle United are planning to recruit between four and six players this summer, The Telegraph’s Luke Edwards says.
The lowdown
Newcastle are gearing up for their first summer transfer window since their Saudi-led takeover went through in the autumn.
In January, the new owners sanctioned a record £90million spend on five new players – Bruno Guimaraes, Chris Wood, Kieran Trippier, Dan Burn and loan signing Matt Targett.
Edwards has previously reported that they’re unlikely to shell out quite that much in the summer market.
The goal may now be to secure at least a top-half finish after Eddie Howe guided his bolstered squad away from relegation trouble.
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The latest
Edwards tweeted on Monday afternoon that ‘multiple sources have confirmed’ Newcastle’s ‘plan’ to bring in ‘between four and six’ new faces ‘to boost first team strength’.
The amount the club can generate through sales will be important, he adds.
They’re also ‘looking closely’ at the loan market and are ‘likely’ to dip into it for ‘at least one’ player ‘towards the end of the window’.
The verdict
Who might some of the new faces be at St James’ Park? Well, one likely addition appears to be Targett on a permanent deal.
Transfer insider Dean Jones said recently the Aston Villa-owned defender had become their ‘number one’ target and that they were looking to swiftly tie up a deal that could be worth £15million.
And according to The Daily Mail, they’re also working on a deal for Jesse Lingard, who wouldn’t demand a transfer fee as he reaches the end of his Manchester United contract.
Predominant frugality could theoretically allow the Magpies to make one blockbuster addition and stay within the confines of their budget.
In other news, Frank McAvennie warns Newcastle against this mooted move.