Newcastle United transfer targets were "wary" about joining the club during the January transfer window last year - but Eddie Howe feels that the lure of St James' Park is much bigger ahead of 2023's first trading period.
The transfer window will be upon us in just under eight weeks' time and Howe and his scouts are whittling down options for the second half of the season. The club's takeover went through last October but even in the space of two windows much has changed in the world of the black and whites.
Indeed, Jesse Lingard was twice a target for Newcastle but opted to sign for Nottingham Forest while the likes of Diego Carlos, Armando Broja and Dele Alli and many others were all linked. But United have moved away from signing players to simply keep them in the Premier League and are now looking further up the table.
