Newcastle United will still be able register a new senior player in the final days of the window if required - even after the Magpies complete the signing of Anthony Gordon.
Newcastle have agreed a deal worth £40m plus add-ons for the Everton forward, who will travel up to Tyneside to complete a medical over the weekend, following a breakthrough in talks on Friday. Gordon is cup tied, so won't be available for Newcastle's Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg against Southampton on Tuesday night, but the 21-year-old is expected to be in attendance at St James' Park if everything goes to plan.
An additional bonus with this deal is that Gordon was born after January 1, 2001. According to the Premier League rulebook, a player under the age of 21 on New Year's Day in the year in which the season started is classed as an under-21 player. Gordon, as a result, will not take up a place in Newcastle's 25-man squad because he was born on February 24, 2001.
