Eddie Howe says Newcastle want to swoop on vulnerable rivals before this summer’s PSR deadline - just like others preyed on their financial trouble last year.
It was in June that the club, when faced with the prospect of a 10-point deduction, contemplated selling Anthony Gordon to Liverpool to satisfy their PSR deficit.
In the end, Yankuba Minteh joined Brighton for £33million and Elliot Anderson moved to Nottingham Forest for £35m, but only with back-up goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos arriving on Tyneside for £20m. He has played just 45 minutes this season.