"They will get the mercenary mob in, because which big-name talents are going to agree to join the club marooned at the bottom of the Premier League?" The words of Chris Sutton, a month into Newcastle's new regime with the Magpies rock bottom of the table.
In November, you would find it very hard to argue with Sutton's prediction, Newcastle's position in the Premier League could have caused huge problems in the January transfer market, and to an extent, it did. Hugo Ekitike turned down a move to Tyneside to stay with Ligue 1 side Reims, but at that point the Magpies were in the middle of what would become their nine-game unbeaten run, with uncertainty of their Premier League status still lingering in the air.
At the time of his prediction, Eddie Howe's side were rock bottom of the Premier League having taken just six points from their opening 13 matches. Things would get worse before they got any better.
