Newcastle United are frequently touted as a landing spot for a number of big-name players. By and large, the PIF era at Newcastle has not been defined by moves for superstar signings, with the club instead focusing on buying younger players not fully established at the top level. It has certainly served them well and recruitment staff are, rightly, understood to be proud of their additions since the takeover despite Paul Mitchell’s rather scathing analysis of the recruitment strategy. Still, the links continue, even if the player in question would not appear to fit the profile Newcastle have g…