With Financial Fair Play constraints to take into account and the margins between success and failure in football becoming smaller and smaller every season, clubs across the world can’t afford too many mistakes in the transfer market.
One bad transfer window could impact not only the forthcoming season, but have ramifications in years to come.
Newcastle, with dreams of breaking into football’s elite, certainly cannot afford to make too many, if any, mistakes in their recruitment this summer.
To do that, they will certainly want to avoid some major mistakes they have made in the transfer market in the not too distant past.
Here, in order of when they joined the club, we take a look at 16 of Newcastle United’s worst signings of the last decade.
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Newcastle, with dreams of breaking into football’s elite, certainly cannot afford to make too many, if any, mistakes in their recruitment this summer.
![After impressing at Monaco in Falcao’s absence, Riviere was signed by Newcastle to spearhead their attack. Two seasons at the club elicited just three goals, two of which came against Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup whilst the other was a deflected effort off his own standing leg against QPR during the end of John Carver’s time as interim manager.](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmEwOTFmNmJmLTY3MWYtNDY2YS1hY2E5LTBmNzYyMWNmMmJiMTpjOTkzZmNkOC02NGUzLTQyZWItYWFjYi1lZTBjNGY3NzU1MTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Emmanuel Riviere
After impressing at Monaco in Falcao’s absence, Riviere was signed by Newcastle to spearhead their attack. Two seasons at the club elicited just three goals, two of which came against Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup whilst the other was a deflected effort off his own standing leg against QPR during the end of John Carver’s time as interim manager. Photo: Stu Forster
![Thauvin had a very disappointing time on Tyneside, featuring just 15 times for the club before being loaned out in January 2016, less than five months after joining the club. He added a World Cup winner’s medal to his collection in 2018 - just three years after joining Newcastle.](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjc1ZmUxMjEzLWIyYjAtNDYxNC1iZDY5LTdhYWQwNmUzYjA2YTpiM2RhMDcwMi1kNWM3LTRkNWUtYWY4NS0zMDM0YjI3YjIzNWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Florian Thauvin
Thauvin had a very disappointing time on Tyneside, featuring just 15 times for the club before being loaned out in January 2016, less than five months after joining the club. He added a World Cup winner’s medal to his collection in 2018 - just three years after joining Newcastle. Photo: Ian MacNicol
![Newcastle’s position near the bottom of the Premier League table ushered in a January splurge of transfers. Signing Doumbia on a short-term loan deal seemed like a shrewd move by the club to try and get their attack firing again. The Ivory Coast international would feature in just three games and for less than 30 minutes as the Magpies were relegated.](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmViNjc3Yjg1LTEzMDUtNDIwOS1iZTA1LTk1MzEyMDU2ODQ2ODozYTg2MDNkNC00MDg3LTQ0ZTktYTY4Ni02MTcxMzdmNjFjNDI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Seydou Doumbia
Newcastle’s position near the bottom of the Premier League table ushered in a January splurge of transfers. Signing Doumbia on a short-term loan deal seemed like a shrewd move by the club to try and get their attack firing again. The Ivory Coast international would feature in just three games and for less than 30 minutes as the Magpies were relegated. Photo: Stu Forster
![Saivet joined Newcastle in January 2016 and played eight times for the club before being released in summer 2021. His finest moment came against West Ham in 2017 when he netted a free-kick during Newcastle’s 3-2 win at the London Stadium.](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmE3MzJhODdmLThiMmQtNDhiNC04ZGI1LTA3MzhkNGFiZTcxMTo2YWYzNTEzYi0yMjQ5LTRkOTItYTQ5NC1jZWFhYTUwYzY3ZWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Henri Saivet
Saivet joined Newcastle in January 2016 and played eight times for the club before being released in summer 2021. His finest moment came against West Ham in 2017 when he netted a free-kick during Newcastle’s 3-2 win at the London Stadium. Photo: Catherine Ivill