Newcastle must strengthen out wide in the January transfer window.
Newcastle United have much work to do in order to stay in the Premier League and it is clear that the club need to be heavily active in the January transfer window.
It is arguable that Newcastle require significant investment across all areas of the pitch, but it is especially clear that they need to bring in at least one new winger, with their current options in that regard rather limited.
Jacob Murphy and Matt Ritchie, for instance, have been underwhelming all season and haven’t scored a goal between them.
Christian Atsu has impressed in patches but doesn’t appear to be a player who can take the initiative and make the difference in a battle to avoid relegation, while Rolando Aarons is still finding his feet after recovering from injury and lacks composure.
In many games this season, even when they have been far more attack-minded than they were in the 1-0 defeat to Manchester City last night, Newcastle have struggled to create chances from wide areas, meaning they have provided an extremely limited attacking threat.
It is clear that the club need to upgrade their wide options, and failure to do so could prove very costly indeed.
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