Much of the talk surrounding Newcastle United’s transfer business naturally centres around exactly who should be brought in to aid Rafa Benitez’s promotion surge.
As exciting a notion arrivals are this month, and there are plenty of links indeed, there’s little doubt the Toon desperately need to cut down on their squad size.
While boasting such a deep squad has clearly aided the Spaniard at times this term, the January transfer market also affords him the opportunity to loan a few players out.
He’s already allowed the likes of Tim Krul, Emmanuel Riviere and Kevin Mbabu – all at different stages of their Toon careers – some time away from Tyneside and there are surely a few more candidates on the books who’d be well suited to similar treatment.
With that in mind, here’s a closer look at TWO Newcastle players who could really benefit from loan moves away in January.
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