
It’s been a miserable summer transfer window for Newcastle United, among others, and a host of reported targets have ended up elsewhere with the top clubs taking the handbrake off their spending.
Liverpool have gone out all guns blazing and had a direct impact on the Magpies, adding Newcastle target Hugo Ekitike to their ranks along with Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez and a bunch of goalkeepers who probably won’t play much in the Premier League.