Newcastle have the chance to enjoy dream end to incredible window
As far as summer transfer windows go I am struggling to think of a better one in terms of incomings for a long time at Newcastle United.
Eddie Howe has brought four senior signings to Newcastle this summer plus an exciting youngster in Yankuba Minteh who is out on loan at Feyenoord.
Sandro Tonali was the headline act and first through the door for the first-team transfers, costing £55million from AC Milan and brought in to add more quality to the midfield so that not every play has to go through Bruno Guimaraes.
Newcastle’s transfer window has been excellent so far
Harvey Barnes soon followed, another huge priority for Eddie Howe was to bring in a winger with an eye for goal and Howe had long been an admirer of Barnes. Allan Saint-Maximin was sold to Saudi Pro League club Al Ahli to make way and his sale freed up some more wiggle room with FFP.
Tino Livramento and Lewis Hall rounded out Newcastle’s incoming transfers to date, two of England’s post promising full-backs, both graduates of the Chelsea academy which has spewed out some top players over the years.
All in all, it’s a solid 8/10 window for me, but there’s one position where I feel we still need another body and that is the right-sided centre-back. We need another player in as cover for, to learn from and ultimately replace Fabian Schar. If we can get a young defender in for that position we’d have the most promising back-four in the game.
