Newcastle's game changer transfer profile as Goncalo Ramos and James Maddison send new reminders

Newcastle United's priority this summer was to always bring in more firepower and it is easy to see why that is still the case in the final two-and-a-half weeks of the window following Saturday's goalless draw at Brighton.

Callum Wilson may have had a goal contentiously disallowed in the 14th minute for a high boot on the towering Lewis Dunk, but Newcastle only mustered a single shot on target at the Amex all afternoon. That was despite Newcastle getting in positions to at least make Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez work, but the visitors lacked the clinical edge to do so.

Take the first half, for example. In the early stages of the game, Allan Saint-Maximin did well to send in a scooped cross from the edge of the area while surrounded by four Brighton players, but the Frenchman's delivery was easily headed away by Dunk as Wilson lurked.

Then, midway through the half, Miguel Almiron curled a shot over the bar from just inside the box despite having so much space and time to at least hit the target.

A little while later, Wilson shook off two Brighton players inside the centre circle on the break but, with Saint-Maximin marked by three defenders, the striker opted against trying to slip his team-mate in and instead squared the ball to Joe Willock, whose cross was easily blocked.

Newcastle did not get any closer to breaking the deadlock after the break and lacked game-changing alternatives from the bench. That won't come as breaking news to sporting director Dan Ashworth and part-owners Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, who were watching on from the directors' box on Saturday.

However, Howe has repeatedly insisted that Newcastle have to sign the 'right' player, whether that is a permanent deal or a loan, and the