Newcastle United have been dealt a number of blows this summer but remain active heading into the final week of the transfer window.

Newcastle United have been urged to switch transfer targets in the final days of the summer window and make a move for Cystal Palace frontman Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Plans to extend and renovate Newcastle United's training ground have been approved. The club's aim for Darlsey Park, in Benton, includes 1,350 sq m of new-build accommodation, focusing on office, meeting space and support facilities.

This is the second kit we’ve pulled from the frankly cursed 2014/15 season, and I honestly could have picked any of them for our hall of shame – the grey away kit was pretty grim, too, and even the goalkeeper’s outfits were rubbish. But this is surely the very worst of the lot.

Jacob Ramsey is the perfect midfielder for Newcastle and although the need for strikers is clear, he is an excellent piece of business.

At Newcastle United last season there was one player who was arguably more influential than any other… his name was Sandro Tonali

Despite a positive start at Whitley Park, the young Magpies fell behind following Richards' stroked finish before Jesse Derry's solo effort doubled the Blues' lead before the half-time

Only Erling Haaland has scored more goals in a single Premier League season than former Newcastle United star Andy Cole. But the man who smashed 34 in 1993-94 in black-and-white stripes saye he would have bagged even more if VAR had been around in his day.