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.
![Blink and you would have missed Barreca’s time at Newcastle United. He featured for just four minutes in a defeat against Tottenham Hotspur in February 2019 and never made a single appearance for the Magpies again.](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmIyM2ZmYmI3LWU5OTEtNGQ4Mi1hYzFkLTM4NWI3OWE5ZjkzMTplMzk2YTAyNS1hNzQzLTRkY2QtYTM5NC1kYzE4YjJlYjU0YTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
13. Antonio Barreca
Blink and you would have missed Barreca’s time at Newcastle United. He featured for just four minutes in a defeat against Tottenham Hotspur in February 2019 and never made a single appearance for the Magpies again. Photo: Michael Regan
![Having impressed in the Bundesliga, Muto joined Newcastle with hopes that he could add a new dynamic to their attack. However, he never impressed when given the chance and his three years as a Magpies player will be remembered only for a goal at Old Trafford in a game that Newcastle would go onto lose 3-2.](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjIzZjI0ZjhmLTBiNWMtNGI5OC1hYjM2LTc1ZjFhZGFjOWNlYTpiYWZiMmViOC1mNGU0LTQ5ZWItOGQ1MS1mOTI0NzA0YzIxNTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
14. Yoshinori Muto
Having impressed in the Bundesliga, Muto joined Newcastle with hopes that he could add a new dynamic to their attack. However, he never impressed when given the chance and his three years as a Magpies player will be remembered only for a goal at Old Trafford in a game that Newcastle would go onto lose 3-2. Photo: Ian MacNicol
![January 2020 saw Newcastle bring in three loan players to help their fight against relegation. Rose came to the club with great Premier League and international experience, but failed to impress during his short time at the club.](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmQwYjA1MzhmLTFkNTAtNDQyOS1hNjM4LTNmNjZiNjEwMjMxNTo0ZTZkMDgxMC0zODBlLTQ0Y2QtYmQwNC0xYzJiMDRmOTBhYWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
15. Danny Rose
January 2020 saw Newcastle bring in three loan players to help their fight against relegation. Rose came to the club with great Premier League and international experience, but failed to impress during his short time at the club. Photo: Alex Livesey
![Bentaleb was another of these loan signings in 2020 but he also joined and left the club without making a mark.](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmMxMjNjYzc5LTFiZTgtNDFmOC05MmU2LTg0YjE4NWI2MGFhNjo2NDI1YjZjNy04NDNiLTQ3ZjctYjA4Yy02MmZiOTg2MzE2MWE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
16. Nabil Bentaleb
Bentaleb was another of these loan signings in 2020 but he also joined and left the club without making a mark. Photo: Stu Forster