Given they’ve not won a game yet and have tough fixtures to come, Newcastle United will probably be in and around the bottom three when the transfer window opens in January.
The understandable sense of takeover euphoria that will be felt at St James’ Park today therefore has to be accompanied by realism among the fans.
Relegation would be disastrous and put the Saudi project back three years before they’d even got started.
Newcastle United need reinforcements if they are to avoid relegation to the Championship
This isn’t the time to expect an instant return to the heady days of Alan Shearer, David Ginola, or Philippe Albert chipping Peter Schmeichel. That is a considerable way off. Newcastle’s priority has to be becoming damned hard to beat for the rest of the season.
I’d say Newcastle require four new signings in the next window to guarantee safety. And three of those need to make them defensively better – with one additional glamour name to share the scoring burden with Callum Wilson.
They have the money to pay high wages so why not aim big in the loan market. Try to get Edinson Cavani in from Manchester United because he isn’t going to play at Old Trafford, or Alexandre Lacazette who is in the final year of his contract at Arsenal. Have a cheeky go for Timo Werner at Chelsea.
A marquee striker like Timo Werner (left) or Edinson Cavani (right) would ease the goal burden
That type of player isn’t going to take the risk of joining permanently in case of relegation.
Amanda Staveley says she wants Newcastle to be champions in five to 10 years, but right now the aim has to be staying in the Premier League. Newcastle are in the relegation zone for a reason and those final fixtures of 2021 before the window opens are Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Everton.
Mike Ashley’s departure will bring a feelgood atmosphere to the city, which can only help. But they still need to recruit wisely.
Permanent signings will be hard in January but…
Source : dailymail
