Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe believes that the club's "decision making" process on transfers bodes well for the forthcoming January window.
It remains to be seen how much Newcastle will splash out in the winter trading period but after signing stars like Kieran Trippier and Bruno Guimaraes last January, Howe knows his scouting and recruitment team can be relied on again.
Howe said: "We knew January was going to be hugely important (last year). "We didn't think it would be necessarily defining because we believed we had enough in the squad to stay in the league.