Rafa Benitez has warned that Newcastle United’s season could get worse before it gets better if a proposed takeover is not completed in time for January.
The Spaniard says he was unable to compete with the likes of fellow promoted clubs Brighton and Huddersfield in the transfer market this summer, and that is why his side has lost four matches on the spin.
They travel to West Brom on Tuesday night looking to arrest their slide down the table, but Benitez said: ‘We do not know what is going on (with the takeover) and what might happen in January.