Newcastle United's scouting team have been keeping close tabs on the World Cup with some January targets involved in the Qatar tournament.
Like a lot of top-flight clubs talent spotters have not been handed time off during the tournament and have instead been allocated certain scouting missions on targets or entire World Cup groups to glean the competition for new stars. United are already keeping close tabs on Brighton & Hove Albion's Leandro Trossard who has been in action for Belgium.
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