Newcastle United turned to desperation in the final hours of the summer transfer window. The summer was hugely underwhelming for Newcastle United after newly-appointed sporting director Paul Mitchell failed to land any top targets. Newcastle went back and forth with Crystal Palace but ultimately failed to sign Marc Guehi despite multiple bids. Attention then turned to signing a new right-sided winger but Newcastle had missed out on first-choice target Michael Olise so ended up going through their list of alternatives. It culminated in a last-gasp £50m bid for Anthony Elanga which was rejected …
