Eddie Howe has spoken of the need to get "the chemistry" exactly right during the January transfer window.
Newcastle United go into their second winter trading period under new owners and it remains to be seen whether Howe is presented with a five-man quota of players like he was at the start of 2022. One thing is for sure, there is less urgency ahead of this year's January window.
But nevertheless, care and attention to detail are at the forefront of Howe's mind. Speaking in Saudi Arabia, the Magpies boss warned of the dangers of rushing in and buying players just for the sake of it.
Howe said: "These are the difficult decisions when you are in my shoes that you have to make. You can sign a very good player, but the chemistry is not quite right and the team doesn't do as well as maybe everybody would have predicted.
"You can fail to add new energy to the group and sometimes the group can look a bit flat because you haven't added to the dynamics and that can change. I suppose that is the difficult position you can find yourselves in but as I said that might be taken out of my hands because of financial fair play.
"So my thought is always - every transfer window - try to improve the squad if we can but I am aware of the chemistry is brilliant within the group and I don't want to disturb that."
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