Hello and welcome to the Newcastle United live blog for Tuesday, January 16.
Magpies manager Rafa Benitez again went on the record over the need for additions to his squad over the weekend.
Benitez doesn't know his budget and we will have the latest on his loan enquiries. Mike Ashley has returned to the UK so there will be a hope that pushes things along.
Meanwhile, on the pitch, Newcastle were held to a 1-1 draw with Swansea on Saturday, and we will have all of the fallout and reaction to that result.
We'll have the latest on the takeover and also all of the January transfer rumours that are starting to stack up.
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Hope you had a lovey Monday evening. We’ll start today with the some quotes from Rafa Benitez on his squad rotation and why the door isn’t closed for those on the fringe of the team; including Aleksandar Mitrovic.
It depends on the squad. Sometimes if you have enough players available and players coming back from injuries maybe you can manage in a better way. We have to wait to see. We have Florian Lejeune, Jesus Gamez and Aleksandar Mitrovic all running. Mitro is getting close and we will see. Gamez will take more time but if they are fine then we have more bodies
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