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Ciaran Kelly

Leicester resigned to losing Newcastle target but another transfer surprise may be on the cards

Newcastle United have already secured their marquee signing in Sandro Tonali, but the Magpies won't stop there. There are still other areas of the squad Eddie Howe would ideally like to strengthen this summer.

On the surface, another forward may not seem the utmost priority, particularly when Newcastle already have six players who can all fill in on the flanks, including record signing Alexander Isak and the versatile Joelinton. Also, Newcastle scored 68 goals in the Premier League last season - a huge 24-goal improvement on the previous campaign.

Only champions Man City and second-placed Arsenal had a better goal difference than Newcastle, on account of the Magpies having the meanest defence in the division, while no other side hit the woodwork more than Howe's team (26) in the top-flight. If even half of those efforts had gone in, Newcastle would have been among the Premier League's highest scorers.

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