From La Liga stars,= to AC Milan's midfield dynamo - Who is Football Manager predicting Newcastle United will sign in January?

What is the world’s leading football management game predicting for Newcastle United this month?

By Joe Buck

Published 9th Jan 2022, 14:00 BST- 1 min read

It's set to be a busy window for Newcastle United (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

January is expected to be a hugely busy time at St James’s Park, but also a very potentially exciting one for Newcastle United supporters.

Newcastle know that additions are desperately needed in order to survive in the Premier League this season and, for once, they have the resources and the willingness to do just this.

In the world of transfers, you can often get bogged down by the volume of players linked with your team and so here, we offer a little respite and fun.

The first transfer made by Eddie Howe in this simulation was to bring in Brazilian centre-back Sidnei to strengthen the defence. This was something the 32-year-old did expertly as the Magpies qualified for European football.

We have used the game Football Manager to see who they believe are the most likely players to join the Magpies this month.

To do so, we simulated three January transfer windows and listed every player that joined Newcastle United.

Would you like to see any of these join this month?

United’s first big move in January came with the purchase of Yussuf Poulsen from RB Leipzig for a staggering £59m. The Danish striker finished the campaign with eight goals.

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