Newcastle are prepared to walk down the transfer aisle with buddies Chelsea as they increasingly search for a solution to their present predicament.
It would be a marriage of convenience where everyone would be a winner - United would get an attacking player they so obviously need, Chelsea would clear an overloaded dressing-room, and the player would be catapulted from the back of the queue to the front with guaranteed time on the field. What is more United have been spreading their bets in an effort to make certain someone takes the train out of King's Cross . . . if it is running!
First up is Callum Hudson-Odoi but Chelsea are aware that Conor Gallagher and Armando Broja are also in United's waiting room and they are more than prepared to switch horses if need be. That is a winger, an attacking midfielder like James Maddison, and a centre-forward which just happens to be the three positions where Newcastle require additional flair and oomph.
