Hamza Choudhury is a loan target for Newcastle United in the January window - Steve Bruce has confirmed.
Bruce has previously played down talk on the midfielder but as the window reaches a conclusion the head coach has firmed up his interest.
Bruce said: "He’s (Choudhury) somebody we’ve liked, and it’s (Newcastle’s interest) been reported. I’m never going to speak about anybody else’s players, I think that would be wrong
“But he’s somebody that we do like, yes.
“We’ve had to be patient, but we’re still hopeful things will happen. I’ve got one or two calls to make to certain managers in the next 24 hours, but I always knew it was going to be a difficult window, certainly when you’re in the loan market.
“We’re not alone.
"A lot of teams are financially struggling, especially in the Championship, for example.
