Newcastle United fans are watching other Premier League sides improve their squads with January transfers with a few being players Newcastle have been linked with themselves.
Manchester City are closing in on Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush, both of whom had been linked to Newcastle with differing degrees of believability.
Recently, it was reported that Newcastle were primed to hijack Aston Villa's move for Borussia Dortmund winger Donyell Malen.
Again, the believability of this one was a bit low given how advanced talks were between Villa and Dortmund, and the fact that we are resigned to the idea that Newcastle will not be spending money this month.
Now it seems that the 'extremely fast' forward is Aston Villa-bound after a £21 million deal was agreed according to Florian Plettenberg of Sky Sports Germany.
That could be a real bargain for Aston Villa given how Rafael van der Vaart once hailed Malen as having the potential to become one of the best players in the world.
Indeed, the Dutchman impressed at St James' Park last season when the Magpies met Dortmund in the Champions League with the 25-year-old picked up Player of the Match.
We never felt like Malen was a realistic target, but he would certainly have been a top addition to the squad given his versatility to play on the right and as a striker which would have ticked some serious boxes for Newcastle.
However, thanks to PSR and despite several reports linking Newcastle with moves, we aren't expecting any incomings this month unless we sell someone unexpectedly, which we hope doesn't happen.
The few players Newcastle have up for sale will bring in some money for the club and none would require immediate replacement, so we are expecting a very quiet January and a busy summer.
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23 | 35 | 56 |
2 |
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24 | 27 | 50 |
3 |
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24 | 13 | 47 |
4 |
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24 | 16 | 43 |
5 |
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24 | 13 | 41 |
6 |
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24 | 13 | 41 |
7 |
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24 | 13 | 40 |
8 |
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24 | -3 | 37 |
9 |
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24 | 4 | 36 |
10 |
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24 | -3 | 34 |
11 |
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24 | 0 | 31 |
12 |
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24 | -2 | 30 |
13 |
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24 | -6 | 29 |
14 |
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24 | 11 | 27 |
15 |
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24 | -17 | 27 |
16 |
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23 | -5 | 26 |
17 |
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24 | -18 | 19 |
18 |
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24 | -28 | 17 |
19 |
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24 | -27 | 16 |
20 |
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24 | -36 | 9 |