Everyone loves transfer deadline day the money, the silliness, the head of Harry Redknapp poking out of a car window, there's always something happening and its always entertaining. Yet over in North East, it's very much been the tale of two cities while Sunderland's Paolo Di Canio continues to stuff his squad with a bus-load of foreigners while lambasting his current players, there's been almost nothing happening at Newcastle United. Yes, it's a strange world, but it appears that for the moment, it's all quiet on the Tyneside front. In fact, it's the backroom staff that have made the biggest splash at St. James' Park, with Joe Kinnear making a shock return as director of football and proceeding to generate bad press for the Mike Ashley regime. Ostensibly, his job appears to be working with manager Alan Pardew and chief scout Graham Carr and bring in decent signings. Yet aside from some tentative declarations of interest and swatting down a potential move for FC Twente's centre-back Douglas, Kinnear has done surprisingly little. However, if you combine the former Wimbledon boss's erratic behaviour and the all-around silly season the transfer window seems to bring (I notice Ade Akinbiyi hasn't been prized away from Colwyn Bay... yet), you're looking at an explosive cocktail. Something's going to have to give eventually in the North East, and they're surely going to sign someone. As it stands, it's just a question of who. So with that in mind, I've drawn up a list of potential last-minute signings for the Magpies. Click 'next' to see who I've got in mind.
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