It was a very different deadline day for Newcastle United. It was a very different transfer window full stop as the club actually showed some ambition.
Last summer's deadline day was a non-event - as was so often the case in the Ashley era - and the Magpies briefed that they had no plans to make any further signings at 10.50am on August 31. Even signing Hamza Choudhury on loan was a bridge too far and Joe Willock was, ultimately, the only addition Newcastle made in either window in 2021.
In contrast, by 10.50am on Monday, Newcastle's new owners were closing deals for Dan Burn and Matt Targett and attempting to sign an attacker after already bringing in Bruno Guimaraes, Kieran Trippier and Chris Wood earlier in the window.
