“Today and tomorrow” - Keith Downie drops “decisive” Newcastle transfer update

Keith Downie has revealed that Newcastle United’s hopes of signing new players in the January transfer window may depend on the next two days.

The club have only signed two players in the window thus far, bringing in Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid and Chris Wood from Burnley.

They are making a real attempt to bolster Eddie Howe’s squad in this window.

However, the club have somewhat struggled to bring players in, especially in central defence.

A deal for Lille’s Sven Botman fell apart after a bid was rejected by the French club, while the club’s pursuit of Diego Carlos at Sevilla also appears to be falling apart, with a £30m bid not deemed sufficient.

A move for Dan Burn at Brighton & Hove Albion has also been rejected, while their pursuit of Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard has fallen apart too, over a prohibitively expensive loan fee.

However, the club are closing in on a potential deal for Lyon midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, per reports, after seeing a £30m bid accepted.

Lyon have refuted reports claiming that a deal is advanced, but Sky reports that they employed a similar tactic before selling Ferland Mendy to Real Madrid.

Downie has now confirmed that the club are interested in doing loan deals before the window closes, but that they will have to move swiftly if they are to bring in any more permanent signings in addition to Trippier, Wood and, potentially, Guimaraes.

Speaking to GiveMeSport, he said: "Yes, they're looking at the loan market but they're going to have to be very, very quick if they're to bring someone in for a fee so I think today and tomorrow, probably tomorrow more than today, will be decisive."

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The Guimaraes deal certainly looks