Newcastle United chiefs have told the representatives of Christian Atsu, Achraf Lazaar and Henri Saivet to step up their search for new clubs.
All three will be out of contract at Newcastle in June and the trio are unwanted on Tyneside.
The unregistered squad players are already draining the club of over £100,000 per week in wages between them and Steve Bruce knows that moving them on could be key to his hopes of adding to his roster this month.
And even if Newcastle do manage to off-load USA international DeAndre Yedlin there would be no route back to the 25-man squad for any of the transfer-listed trio to take his place as Bruce is aiming to reassess some loan options in the remainder of the window.
Yedlin went public with his frustrations on a new contract this week and suggested his agent hadn't heard anything back from Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley or football secretary Richard Hines.
But despite suggestions the club are going through the motions at boardroom level - with the takeover saga dragging on through the courts - Bruce was able to throw new deals to Republic of Ireland international Ciaran Clark and rookie defender Lewis Cass.
Yedlin is on Club Brugge's wanted list and his current deal expires this summer but he is expected to get offers from Major League Soccer and Germany.
Newcastle will not stand in the way of Yedlin if he wants to quit in January with the club well stocked with right-backs.
Indeed, Emil Krafth, Javier Manquillo and Jacob Murphy are already providing competition in that area,
Yet time is ticking down for Bruce in the window and with his squad in need of some new faces he knows that moving players on is his only chance of adding to his squad.
