The January transfer market enters its closing-down weekend, and business continues to be less than brisk. There may some knockdown offers around, starting with Callum Wilson – a Newcastle team short on firepower of late have decided that the sellers’ market for strikers could land them some profit and sustainability leeway.
Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United: if you want him, a player said to be unhappy with life on Tyneside, you got him – the price will be a knockdown £18m for the Cov-born penalty king. Miguel Almirón, still linked with Saudi Arabia, is said to be far happier remaining at the club. Edging out such players leaves room for other recruitment, and Morgan Gibbs-White is a player Eddie Howe would like to add to his forward line. Nottingham Forest, whom Gibbs-White captains these days, have even bigger FFP problems than Newcastle, with a Premier League judgment looming, and they may need to start selling to pick up brownie points.
