It has been a quiet start to the transfer window but it won't stay that way for long. Newcastle United are in a position to attack the cups in a week that has the potential to shape the rest of their campaign. This is playing out against the backdrop of a relatively serene start to the transfer window, where Newcastle are operating quietly in the background to add potential to their squad.
After strengthening significantly in the summer, they are in a position of strength to repel bids for their biggest stars like Anthony Gordon, Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak. Insiders have always talked about the Magpies needing to take any opportunity that presents itself to move closer to the established elite. It has been a quiet start to January but it is unlikely to stay that way at St James’ Park, where the first few weeks are about trimming the squad and pruning their PSR status. The manager, Eddie Howe, is to embrace the squad he has – and that means retaining the senior men on the fringes of the set-up – but the presence of Paul Mitchell as director of football feels like a circuit-breaker to change that trend. “The business logic is taking over from the football logic. There may be football decisions you’d like to make ,” Howe admitted on Monday. Howe doesn’t want to lose him but first-choice goalkeeper Nick Pope is nearing a return. Whatever reservations he has about Odysseas Vlachodimos, he is an experienced keeper on big money currently kicking his heels. It is a deal that makes sense on the balance sheet. “Nothing was bigger than the previous summer when we had to lose two highly promising young players,” Howe said. “We were forced to, we had no choice. That is very much the business taking over from the football and I think we are still in that position.”A loan with an obligation or option – while not doing much for immediate PSR efforts – may be the most likely exit route
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