Lyon deny Guimaraes link as Newcastle face struggle to make more signings 

Newcastle’s new owners are dealing with their first transfer window (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Newcastle’s hunt for further January recruits is destined to go down to the wire as selling clubs dig in for a fight.

The Magpies, in their first transfer window under Amanda Staveley’s largely Saudi-backed consortium, have spent the last two weeks striving to add to their earlier signings of Kieran Trippier and Chris Wood.