Newcastle United defender Javier Manquillo has already begun dreaming of the new players the Magpies could sign in the wake of their £305m takeover.
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia completed the takeover of the club two weeks ago, turning the Magpies into one of the richest clubs in the world overnight.
Transfer speculation immediately began to sweep around the north east, with some of the world's biggest names linked with moves to St James' Park.
And full-back Manquillo is in no doubt about who he'd like to see signed.
“If you ask me who I’d sign for Newcastle, I’d go for [Kylian] Mbappe and I’d go for [Erling] Haaland," Manquillo told the Telegraph.
"If it was a PlayStation team I’d also go for Messi and Cristiano, but the youngsters who stand out the most right now are those two.”
Former Atletico Madrid defender Manquillo has been at Newcastle since 2017, having had previous experience in the Premier League during loan spells with Liverpool and Sunderland.
And despite his big hopes for the new signings, the Spaniard is well aware that it will take time for Newcastle to get to where they want to be.
"Obviously I think in the medium term, after four or five years the intention of the club is to be able to bring in the big stars of football," he said.
“We have two clear examples to bear in mind: both Manchester City and PSG did not become leading clubs in Europe overnight.
"Everything has its process and I imagine the same thing will happen to Newcastle. I’m talking about these two teams because the new owners said in their first interview that the goal was ambitious.”
Manquillo's desire to take things slowly is also echoed by the club's owners.
Speaking last week, director Amanda Staveley told Mirror Sport : “We are in the market to compete for world class players, we have done it before.
“But we need the infrastructure around the world class players. We will get there, and we already have world-class players, we want to make sure they have the support around them.
“You do need a big balance sheet in football, but we are not here to be irrational, it is a state investment fund and there to look after the people.
“We have to do a full review, where the operations are, what we are looking at in January, but it is going to take a little time.”
