Free Atsu
This season, it’s largely been a straight fight between Matt Ritchie and Christian Atsu for a starting berth on the right of an attacking trident.
Ritchie has won that more often than not, though perhaps the unpredictable Ghanian could flourish playing off a central striker.
Would give the Magpies a pacy No.10, rather than the plodding Perez or Mo Diame.