00:00 So, the January transfer window has finally closed and Newcastle United have confirmed
00:06 just the one signing this month. That was Alfie Harrison moved from Manchester City.
00:11 Now that had been boiling for a couple of weeks but that was confirmed at 3 o'clock
00:14 today on deadline day. So, yeah Newcastle end the window with just the one addition,
00:21 not even a first team addition. They really came into this window needing to strengthen
00:25 the injury issues. There's lots of holes in their squad and they thought they would look
00:32 to prioritise signings. Obviously it emerged as the window grew on that FFP, PSR regulations
00:38 meant that simply that was not going to be the case. They had to be very tight with money
00:42 this month and the only way to get anyone in would be to see someone leave. We saw Trippier,
00:49 Wilson and Alvaro link with a move in the last couple of weeks but they never materialised
00:54 other than Kieran Trippier where Newcastle had to stand firm against some Bayern Munich
00:58 interests. None of the other bids really looked like challenging Newcastle's resolve too much.
01:04 So, yeah Newcastle end the window. They are certainly not worse off than they were when
01:09 they entered the window. They've only lost Javi Manchio as a first team option. He hadn't
01:15 played all season, he's behind Livermendo and Kraft and Trippier of course in the pecking
01:20 order so that's not really a loss. They don't end the window weaker than they began it.
01:26 They don't end it any stronger, that's a guarantee. It'll be interesting to see if their squad
01:32 can manage the game load between now and the end of the campaign. We've seen them struggle
01:35 with that with injuries all year so that'll be a real test of that squad. If they can
01:38 manage with just the core of players Eddie Howe's got now, I think they'll manage sure
01:42 the rest of the season. Hopefully the injury crisis is beginning to subside. Although I've
01:47 said that on many videos here and we're still talking about lots of injuries at the club.
01:55 It's a hard one to assess because it's not really a missed opportunity because Newcastle
01:59 simply couldn't do anything. The finances meant they had no option, they couldn't do
02:02 anything this window. It's a shame that they've not been able to do anything and then maybe
02:07 these financial rules will get relaxed, changed or changed over the next few weeks and months
02:13 going into summer. They'll have more money to play with, it's easier to trade players
02:17 in summer which they'll have to do. So it'll be interesting if they repeat this window
02:22 in future windows this time next year, what happens. But right now I think Newcastle will
02:26 be disappointed they haven't brought anyone in. It's always disappointing when your team
02:30 doesn't bring anyone in and fans will have been wanting to see new faces. But I think
02:33 from a club's point of view it makes sense not to risk falling foul of those PSR rules
02:38 as we've seen Everton and Nottingham Forest do because we know the Premier League are
02:42 clamping down on that and there was no need to risk those rules this month when they've
02:48 got a summer where they can rebuild or at least reshape the squad. In terms of outgoings
02:53 on deadline day we saw Josh Scott leave the academy with under 21s, he went to go join
02:59 Queen's Park. We saw J Turner-Cook recalled from his loan at St. John's and he's expected
03:04 to remain at Newcastle between now and the end of the campaign. We've seen with Joe White
03:09 who came back earlier this month at the end of this window, he was on the bench against
03:13 J Turner-Cook, a similar position he might be given an opportunity to impress Eddie Howe
03:18 and hitting around the fringes of the first team squad, especially with Joe Willigan and
03:22 Elliot Anderson still out. But the only major outgoing on deadline day was Isaac Hayden,
03:27 he went to Queen's Park Rangers of the Championship. There was plenty of interest in him over the
03:32 window especially when his loan from Standard League got cut short. But it'll be Loftus
03:37 Road where he plays his football, he'll be playing with Jack Colbeck at Loftus Road.
03:42 Speaking of him, after his signing Isaac Hayden was very much determined to up for the challenge
03:50 at Loftus Road. They currently sit 22nd in the Championship and QBI are staring down
03:54 the Barreller relegation. But we all know, Newcastle fans, we all know Isaac Hayden,
03:57 he will bring that determination, he will bring a tough tackling mentality in that midfield.
04:03 So it'll be interesting to see how he works out there. It's clear that his Newcastle United
04:07 career is over. It's just trying to get maybe a permanent departure in some way, but it's
04:14 again trying to find clubs that will pay his wages. But right now he's off to QBR so it'll
04:18 be good news for him and the club and it'll be interesting to see how that works out for
04:22 Isaac Hayden. But yeah, other than that it was a pretty quiet deadline day at Newcastle
04:27 and across the Premier League really. We haven't seen too many deals. The only real talking
04:31 point in deadline day has been Amanda Brewer where he's going to end up playing his football.
04:35 He's going to go with Fulham from Chelsea on loan. So that was the only real talking
04:40 point across the whole league. A couple of odds and sods, deals getting done. But yeah,
04:45 quiet window in the Premier League and a quiet window in Newcastle United. But they have
04:50 to remain focused now. They've got a big challenge for the second half of the season to get back
04:54 in Europe. They're still in the FA Cup and of course that also starts with the game against
04:58 Luton Town on Saturday which is a massive game. They will take lots of hope and momentum
05:04 from their win over Villa on Tuesday but Luton Town beat them just before Christmas so it
05:08 certainly won't be an easy game. Eddie Howe will be speaking to the press on Friday morning
05:13 and he will have obviously all the latest fallout from the transfer window. He'll bring
05:19 you everything, previewing Luton, all the reaction on the transfer window and my colleague
05:23 Dom Skow will bring you that tomorrow morning, Friday morning as you listen to this or watch
05:29 this. So yeah, the best way to stay up to date with all the latest Newcastle United
05:33 news after a quiet deadline day for the rest of the season is of course with the Shields
05:38 Gazette.
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