Just one senior player was brought into the Magpies. Joe Willock was the club’s only permanent transfer with a deadline day move for Santiago Munoz just an 18-month loan deal.
Despite trimming the squad and offloading some ‘squad players’, Steve Bruce was unable to convince the Newcastle hierarchy to spend money to improve his squad.
Things are not looking too rosy at St James’s Park at the minute and it has also been a real mixed bag for the former Newcastle United players that have found new clubs this summer.
Some have found themselves moves to ‘bigger’ clubs with big transfer fees involved, whilst others have seen their contracts run-down at their current club and moved on free transfers.
Here, we take a look at the 18 ex-Newcastle players that have moved clubs this summer:
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13. Achraf Lazaar (Watford - Portimonense - free)
Following a disappointing spell at St James’s Park, Lazaar failed to impress whilst away from the club on-loan. He clearly couldn’t impress at Vicarage Road either as he moved clubs again, this time to Portugal. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images) Photo: Marc Atkins
14. Alex Gilliead (Scunthorpe United - Bradford City - free)
Gillead departed Newcastle in summer 2018 to join Shrewsbury. He then joined Scunthorpe a season later and spent two-years there before joining Bradford City earlier this summer. (Photo by Pete Norton/Getty Images) Photo: Pete Norton
15. Salomón Rondón (Dalian Pro. - Everton - free)
A late deadline day move saw Rondón reunite with Rafa Benitez at Everton (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez - Pool/Getty Images) Photo: Pool
16. Jetro Willems (Frankfurt - Greuther Furth - free)
Much like Townsend, Willems was also linked with a move back to St James’s Park this summer but instead, the full back finds himself at newly-promoted Bundesliga side Greuther Furth. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) Photo: Jan Kruger