10 Players Newcastle Should Break Their Transfer Record For

8. Victor Wanyama

Age: 24 Club: Southampton Nationality: Kenyan Estimated Market Value: £20 million League Apps (2014-15): 32 Newcastle United are short of a really effective, strong and intelligent holding-midfielder and Southampton's Victor Wanyama would be an ideal replacement for Cheick Tiote, whose form has diminished over the past few seasons. Although the Kenyan midfielder has not expressed a desire to leave St Mary's it would be a big statement from Steve McClaren's Newcastle United if they were to show strong interest in the player. A fee of £20 million should be enough to get both sides talking and if the Magpies sold Wanyama a philosophy and long-term plan (plus a tidy pay packet) he may feel that a move to St James' Park would benefit him.