With four weeks of the transfer window remaining, Steve Bruce is hoping progress is made on the recruitment front in the coming weeks, or United risk losing out altogether.
In the meantime, scroll and click through the pages to see how the Magpies’ transfer business so far compares to their top-flight rivals:
13. MANCHESTER UNITED
IN: Odion Ighalo - loan (Shanghai Shenhua), Donny van de Beek (Ajax). OUT: Tahith Chong - loan (Werder Bremen), Alexis Sanchez (Inter Milan), Cameron Borthwick-Jackson (Oldham), Angel Gomes (Lille), Joel Pereira - (Huddersfield). Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos
14. NEWCASTLE UNITED
IN: Mark Gillespie (Motherwell), Jeff Hendrick (Burnley). OUT: Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest), Freddie Woodman - loan (Swansea), Kelland Watts - loan (Plymouth), Tom Allan - loan (Accrington), Mo Sangare - loan (Accrington), Jake Turner - loan (Morecambe), Rob Elliot (free agent), Nathan Harker (free agent), Liam Gibson (free agent). Photo: Michael Regan
15. SHEFFIELD UNITED
IN: Wes Foderingham (Rangers), Aaron Ramsdale (Bournemouth). OUT: Mark Duffy (free agent), Jake Young (Forest Green), Callum Gribbin (Barrow), Marcus Dewhurst - loan (Carlisle), Luke Freeman - loan (Nottingham Forest). Photo: Pool
16. SOUTHAMPTON
IN: Mohammed Salisu (Real Valladolid), Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham). OUT: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham), Mohamed Elyounoussi - loan (Celtic), Maya Yoshida (free agent), Cedric Soares (Arsenal), Mario Lemina - loan (Fulham), Harrison Reed (Fulham). Photo: Naomi Baker