Newcastle United's strongest XI following January transfer business

The Magpies have secured five signings in the January window with Kieran Trippier joining from Atletico Madrid for £12million, Chris Wood arriving from Burnley for £25million, Bruno Guimaraes signing from Lyon for £33.3million, Matt Target making a temporary loan switch from Aston Villa and Dan Burn returning to the North East from Brighton & Hove Albion for £13million.

Eddie Howe is attempting to keep Newcastle in the Premier League after a 14 game winless start to the season. They currently sit just one point from safety with a game in hand on 17th placed Norwich City.

But with everyone fit and all five of their new signings included, what is Newcastle’s strongest starting line-up and is it good enough to guide the side to safety?

We’ve had a look and here is the team we've come up with…

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