9 New Faces Who Will Be At Newcastle Pre-Season Training

8. Jamaal Lascelles

The second-half of the duo signed from Nottingham Forest last summer and then immediately loaned back to the Midlands club, Lascelles did not exactly set the world alight at the City Ground but he will become a fully-fledged Magpies this season. Seeing as Lascelles was 50% of the entire fee paid for the Forest duo, the £3.5 million the Magpies have invested for the 21-year-old centre-back seems a modest price to pay. However, Lascelles did not have a great season back on loan at Forest - both on and off the pitch. In December, the defender appeared in court over an alleged assault in a Derby nightclub - although all charges were dropped. Then on the field, Lascelles started just 20 Championship games as he struggled to get into the Forest first team. If he was struggling to get into a Championship team, what's he going to be like in the Premier League? True he is young and still has time to develop - and he has all the raw attributes to be a success - but he did not have a great year. Lascelles was in the Forest youth set-up when Steve McClaren was manager at the City Ground, but he will need to impress the Midlands boss once more if he wants a regular first-team place next season.