10 Players Newcastle Have ALREADY Missed Out On This Summer

4. Juanmi

Proof of transfer rumour: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3018552/Newcastle-United-keeping-tabs-Malaga-starlet-Juanmi-following-success-fellow-Spanish-import-Ayoze-Perez.html Ayoze Perez needs help in the final third of the field. Papiss Cisse, who could still do a job for United next season having bagged 11 league goals last term, is seemingly on the transfer list. Emmanuel Riviere couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo. Newcastle need strikers, and fast. Juanmi seemed to be the type of player that fitted Newcastle's profile of a transfer target perfectly. Young (22), reputable (Spanish international), not too expensive (£5 million) and with plenty of time to develop and bag a considerable profit once inevitably sold. These are all characteristics that caught the eye of Southampton, who unlike United, pursued their interested and scored themselves what appears to be an absolute bargain earlier this week when they snapped up the Malaga man on a four-year deal. Let's hope Juanmi doesn't come back to bite Untied on the bum in the first game of the Premier League season at St James' Park.