Newcastle United are on a roll. Currently, in fourth place in the Premier League (only four points from the second-placed City) with only one defeat, the Magpies could end the season in one of the spots which lead to European competitions, especially with the terrible form of their direct rivals: Tottenham, Liverpool, Chelsea. Not only due to a tactical revival led by great Eddie Howe, but Newcastle also emerged as one of the teams to be reckoned with in the future, as Magpies have done nothing wrong since Saudi Arabia’s investment fund took over the club. And it seems they will continue their quest for club growth without breaking Financial Fair Play. Just because of that, they might end up not signing a single player this January. Or they might sign as many as three. Depends.Anthony Gordon laughing at us don’t ever want to see him in an Everton shirt again the little rat pic.twitter.com/k3nOQarnvx— ALEXGEE_01 (@ALEX_01EFC) January 14, 2023 Magpies’ current policy is to maintain stability, which means they cannot spend huge amounts of money like they did since the takeover took place (over 220 million euros). They will buy this January only if some of their long-term targets suddenly becomes available, or if another player leaves. And it seems that the first option just happened. According to the reports from England, one of Newcastle’s targets, young England international Anthony Gordon could become available this January. Magpies were asking Everton about him in August, but he just emerged as a big talent, and the Toffies didn’t want to part ways with their own home-grown talent. But, since then, Everton is against in a relegation battle, the team is playing terribly, Frank Lampard is on the verge of being sacked and….the home crowd booed Gordon and tried to get him while he was driving away in his car. Enough activities to alert Newcastle to try again. Everton’s evaluation of 52 million euros and more is certainly not the figure to be paid by the Magpies, who would rather spend that sum on a proven Moussa Diaby from Leverkusen, but a lower figure could be a subject of negotiations. Unlike Newcastle, Everton were very careless with their money in the past, so now, they need to sell if they want to buy players, so they might decide to cash in on the player at the end.After Chelsea, Newcastle next to beat Arsenal over a player?Apart from an obvious need to buy a winger from their long-term target list (Diaby, Gordon, Ziyech), Eddie Howe and sporting director Dan Answorth need to find a proper cover for the 32-year-old Kieran Trippier and at least one midfielder. That is the reason they looked at out-of-form Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who can play both in midfield and at right back, so he could be good for covering two positions at the same time. They are also looking for future core players and apart from Ivan Fresneda (18), they will submit an offer of around 14 million for Flamengo’s U20 international forward Matheus Franca. They could finance the move by sending a number of players on loan, and the first one is Chris Wood, who is having a medical at Nottingham Forest. Ryan Frazer is the other name, and Matt Richie and Jamal Lewis are also mentioned.##NAJAVA_MECA_6962746##
