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Newcastle have been urged by membership legend Alan Shearer to make signings within the upcoming switch window, with particular emphasis on Manchester United goal Viktor Gyokeres.
The Magpies presently sit eleventh within the league desk, with 4 wins, 3 attracts and three defeats, simply 4 factors behind third positioned Nottingham Forest and 4th positioned Chelsea who’re degree on factors with Arsenal, and Aston Villa.
They’d a incredible week, with a 2-0 win over Chelsea within the League Cup adopted by a 1-0 win over Arsenal within the league.
They play Nottingham Forest subsequent and a win towards them would additional scale back the hole between them and prime 4.
Shearer identifies three positions for Newcastle to bolster
Nonetheless, Shearer feels that the membership must make some signings within the January window with a view to additional increase their possibilities of preventing for the Champions League spots.
Throughout a Q&A by way of The Athletic, Shearer recognized the three positions Newcastle ought to bolster within the January switch window. He stated:
“I’d undoubtedly be concentrating on a centre-forward, a right-sided ahead and doubtless a centre-half.”
“I feel Newcastle are just about lined in most different areas, particularly at full-back, so these are the three precedence positions. Forwards are extra necessary, I assume (I’d say that, clearly!).”
“There’s Viktor Gyokeres smashing objectives in left, proper and centre at Sporting Lisbon.”
“Manchester United could also be getting Ruben Amorim, however he says he received’t be signing gamers from his former membership in January. You need to goal one of the best and he’s the most suitable choice in the mean time. You’d definitely must enquire.”
Viktor Gyokeres celebrating his objectives towards Manchester Metropolis. (Picture by Gualter Fatia/Getty Photographs)
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Viktor Gyokeres has been on phenomenal goalscoring type
Gyokeres could be an unbelievable signing if the Magpies can safe his signature. He might be out there for round £63m and could be the perfect substitute for Alexander Isak, if the Swede is to depart amid his unsure future on the membership.
The Sporting star has scored 23 objectives and assisted 4 in 17 video games thus far this season, together with a hat-trick towards Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League earlier this week. In 67 video games for the Portuguese giants, he has scored 66 and assisted 19. (Transfermarkt)
Whereas Newcastle will have to be cautious of their spending in order that they don’t break the Premier League Revenue and Sustainability Guidelines, they’ll nonetheless considerably bolster their squad.
They have been ready to spend large to signal Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi in the summertime, however Palace rejected all their 4 bids, the newest being price £65m. This means that there’s cash they’ll spend within the upcoming window.
There are different attackers they’ve been linked with just lately together with West Ham star Jarrod Bowen, with reviews suggesting that the membership are ready to make an audacious bid to signal him.
