Newcastle United are done with the January transfer window after bringing in the trio of Nabil Bentaleb from Schalke 04, Valentino Lazaro from Inter Milan and Danny Rose from Tottenham Hotspur on loan. Boss Steve Bruce has revealed that a loan move for Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud fell through, and he also claimed the Magpies failed in a bid for a mystery midfielder which would have broken the club’s transfer-record.
Bruce said: “The bid was accepted but unfortunately the player wanted to stay where he was. He was our number one target.
“We were close to breaking the record again but couldn’t get it over the line.