‘We have targets’: Newcastle facing unique January transfer challenge
Eddie Howe finds himself in charge at the strangest of moments – over the next month Newcastle are expected to establish themselves as football’s biggest paradox
At least Eddie Howe has retained his sense of humour. “If we signed everyone we’ve been linked with we’d end up with a squad of around 1,000 players,” reflected Newcastle’s manager as he surveyed the gap between appearance and reality.
Howe finds himself in charge at St James’ Park at the strangest of moments. Over the next month Newcastle are expected to establish themselves as football’s biggest paradox; theoretically the world’s wealthiest club yet currently an extremely hard sell to the planet’s best players. Admittedly Kieran Trippier, an England right-back, could arrive from Atlético Madrid as early as next week after talks between his representatives and Newcastle over activating the £31m release clause in the 31-year-old’s La Liga contract reached an advanced stage in recent days – but that potential deal looks a bit of an outlier.
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