Newcastle United Transfers: Every Graham Carr Signing Ranked Worst To Best

13. Jamaal Lascelles

Signed From: Nottingham Forest

Though he was signed as a huge prospect from Nottingham Forest, future captain Lascelles suffered something of a set-back after signing and being reloaned back to Forest. There, he dropped down the pecking order and it wasn't until Newcastle were faced with impending relegation that he really blossomed.

Not afraid to speak his mind and well capable of scoring from set-pieces, Lascelles became a quick bright light at the tail-end of a poor season, and while he struggles with strikers running at him, he was a big part of the Championship winning season. He'll get better, and he probably needs to for the Premier League.

12. Ayoze Perez

Signed From: Tenerife

Apparently signed from under the noses of Spain's biggest clubs, Ayoze Perez offered an injection of skill and a striker's instinct to the Newcastle front-line, despite playing more as a wide player in Spain. He's still a little naive and he struggles against more physical defenders, but given the space of the Premier League and fed the ball in dangerous areas, he can add goals.

He's already played more than 100 times for the Magpies and scored a healthy 9 Championship goals even as he struggled for form. And considering he cost very little, that's a great return.

11. Andros Townsend

Signed From: Tottenham

Andros Townsend's star at Newcastle burned bright but for a devastatingly short time as the Magpies were relegated despite his best options. For a while there, he showed flashes of the form that had made him an England squad member while he was at Spurs. Direct, fast and not scared of shooting, he was almost the difference.

There was some talk that he'd return in the winter of the Championship season after failing slightly out of favour at Palace, and it would have been testament to his ability at Newcastle that he would have been welcomed back happily.