Strikers, takeovers, loan deals and Rafa’s contract

HERE WE ANSWER MAGPIE FANS’ BURNING QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THINGS NEWCASTLE UNITED

Jamie Sterry and Cal Roberts for sure and maybe Freddie Woodman.” Any chance of Sean Longstaff getting a first team chance? LR: “I would expect him to get a competitive debut at Forest in the League Cup.

“He has a chance of being on the bench against Chelsea due to Hayden’s suspension but he knows he has a big battle to get past Diame or Shelvey.

“There would need to be a couple of injuries for him to get in. Would he be capable of life in the first team? 100% Rafa knows that too and that is why he has blocked his loan move to Portsmouth.” Are you hearing anything new on Amanda Staveley? LR: “Nothing other than they are monitoring the situation.

“If the price drops down from £400million there might be interest but we are approaching a year since the For Sale signs went up again.” Will NUFC take the League Cup seriously this season? LR: “If you mean will they play a strong Premier League XI in the early rounds, I would say no.

“They will rotate the squad and people like Rob Elliot, Jacob Murphy, Muto, Schar and Longstaff will have a chance in the next round vs Forest. The priority is to stay in the division.

“It should not be and if the club had snapped up for or five first team ready players it might be different. As ever Newcastle are relying on the luck of the draw again this year. That has not started too well with a tough second-ound game at Forest.”