Eddie Howe has responded to increased talk that Newcastle United are in the mix to sign soon to be available superstars such as Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The links have been picked up by national websites in the UK but Howe does not feel the club are in a position to attract a player like £650,000 per week Neymar.
Speaking at his press conference ahead of the Arsenal game, the Newcastle boss said: “I think that kind of speculation has been there from day one since the takeover really.
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“Naturally everyone has then assumed the biggest names in world football will be going to Newcastle. Now we’ve not recruited that way and financially we can’t recruit that way at the moment but also we have to bring the right players into the group.
“I will say the transfer market is such a complex decision there’s a lot of thought needed. You can’t just pick a name there has to be a lot of thought going into both financially and looking into players.”
Speaking on the summer window in general, Howe said: “I’m not sure who’ve we’ve been linked with. They are difficult questions to answer. The transfer window is in the distance and is secondary at the minute.
“We are focused on training. Until we know where we stand next year it’s difficult to predict.”
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