'The club means business again', The exciting plans for Newcastle in 2022 as scouts crank up talent search

Newcastle United are determined to hit the ground running when the summer window opens and organisation for the next trading period is already well under way.

Chronicle Live understands that United's recruitment team - currently headed by Steve Nickson - are now putting together a long list for the next window.

And while Newcastle's divisional status is unclear, Nickson and his team are looking to finalise a list of players that cover bases for all eventualities.

The Magpies' January shake-up resulted in three players, Ciaran Clark, Isaac Hayden and Jamal Lewis, all omitted from the 25-man Premier League squad but with players being looked at in every position between now and the summer, a hectic summer is expected on Tyneside.

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Both Seville's Diego Carlos and Lille's Sven Botman remain targets while there is still interest in sought after soon to be free transfer Jesse Lingard.

But after Carlos and Botman turned down moves Newcastle won't waste too much time in the summer and will quickly move on to others if they can't get persuade them to switch to what was sold to them as one of the most ambitious clubs in the world only last month.

Of course, the nagging doubt for all targets is whether Newcastle will remain a Premier League force or not but after an improvement in results