Newcastle’s January transfer window certainly hasn’t gone to plan and time is running out for the Magpies to sign the players they want - and so desperately need.
The arrivals of Kieran Trippier and Chris Wood have covered the right back and striker positions, but Eddie Howe knows the pair simply won’t be enough to save his side from relegation.
A centre back has been the number one priority over the course of the month and after a failed attempt to sign Lille’s Sven Botman, Sevilla’s Diego Carlos was next in line.
