Newcastle are signing Spurs and England left back Danny Rose on loan.
United boss Steve Bruce admitted last week he is chasing a top quality defender before the transfer window closes, and Rose was his first choice.
Rose has not been involved in Spurs’ last four games, but Newcastle have to come to a deal on his £120k-a-week wages and will get him until the end of the season.
Bruce said last week: "He's a quality player and a class act, the kid."
Watford and Bournemouth also made enquiries, but Rose knows the North East from his loan spell at Sunderland as a youngster.
Rose had become increasingly phased out at Tottenham, with boss Jose Mourinho preferring Ben Davies, while youngster Japhet Tanganga has also been picked ahead of him.
The move could give Rose an outside chance of making Gareth Southgate's England squad for Euro 2020.
Bruce has major injury problems with left sided defender Paul Dummett out for the season after a hamstring problem, with Rose now set to be thrown straight into the starting lineup.
He could make his debut in the home clash with Norwich on Saturday, or failing that, the FA Cup fourth round replay with Oxford United next Tuesday.
Rose has not featured in the FA Cup for Tottenham this season, thus is not cup-tied.
Newcastle have already added Nabil Bentaleb and Valentino Lazaro to their squad during the January transfer window, both on temporary deals until the end of the season.
Bruce is now thought to be keen on landing a striker before Friday's deadline.
The club are keeping an eye on Olivier Giroud's situation at Chelsea, with the Frenchman desperate to leave.
Inter Milan have gone cold on signing the 33-year-old, while Chelsea do not want him to move to rivals Tottenham.
