Every Player Newcastle Were Linked With In June

The list is reaching crazy proportions now - but NUFC are still yet to make a signing...

The transfer window is officially open. Transfer silly season may have started weeks ago but, as of July 1st, European clubs can officially sign and sell their players - yet Newcastle United have still failed to recruit a single body. Having only just confirmed their Premier League status on the final day of last season, the Magpies want to avoid a repeat of such a scenario during the 2015-16 campaign. Steve McClaren was unveiled as the Magpies' new boss more than three-and-a-half weeks ago and yet he has not been able to unveil his first signing at the club. Newcastle have been linked with upwards of 80 - yes that is correct - faces so far this transfer window but the club have failed to get even one signing over the line as of yet. Players will depart St James€™ Park in the coming weeks, but equally, at least six are believed to be likely to arrive on Tyneside. Centre-backs, wingers and strikers are of the utmost priority, with at least two proven forwards also wanted by the Magpies. As ever, plenty of players have been linked with a move to St James€™ Park with no action coming out of St James€™ Park at the time of writing this article. If United could get even a fraction of the players they have been linked with over that proverbial line, then next season could be a lot brighter than many could have ever expected. So here are all of the players Newcastle United were linked with in June, organised by position - and there are some exciting, unusual (and also quite frankly ludicrous) names on the list...
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NUFC editor for WhatCulture.com/NUFC. History graduate (University of Edinburgh) and NCTJ-trained journalist. I love sports, hopelessly following Newcastle United and Newcastle Falcons. My pastimes include watching and attending sports matches religiously, reading spy books and sampling ales.