By Tyne-Talk
January 12 2014

Newcastle United Director of Football Joe Kinnear has announced that the club has a one or two player policy when it comes to new signings.... and that is per year! The policy sounds like a good one.... if you aren't in dire need of players. However, with reports of several players leaving, what could already been considered a small squad the news that we could potentially not sign a single player this winter is not good.

The added problem of experience will also be highlighted by the young player policy. With older and more experienced players apparently with one eye on the exit, we should be considering which players have the necessary experience to lead the team.

In today's match day programme Kinnear wrote;

"For obvious reasons, in January 2013 we did significant business, but this year we can afford to take a more calculated and considered approach - if the right player becomes available for the right price and we are sure he can improve on what we have in the squad, then we may do business.

If not, then we won't. That's how it should be. We will not be rushed or forced into making knee-jerk decisions, which experience tells us more often than not turn out to be costly mistakes.

Our preparation for the transfer windows is a year-round activity and at Newcastle United we plan our transfer activity based on a full calendar year as opposed to approaching each window in isolation.

Now that we have strength and depth in most areas, as well as players within our ideal age range in most positions, our intention for the first team going forward is to sign one or two players per year to improve the squad.

This will be done within strict financial parameters – the club will only spend what it can afford.

We have made certain elements of our transfer policy well known. One example being the desire to recruit players whose futures are ahead of them, not behind, which in nearly all cases means players in their early to mid-20s, not beyond.”

MATCH PREVIEW FOR NEWCASTLE UNITED V MANCHESTER CITY HERE

Kinnear: NUFC Transfer Policy Capped At 2 Players Per Year

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12/01/2014 12:39

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mentalman
13/01/2014 08:35

I would imagine the 1 or 2 players is on top of replacing anyone who leaves

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MissC
13/01/2014 19:17

I'd say that's wishful thinking

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mentalman
13/01/2014 22:48

the 1 or 2 players are to go straight into the first team squad, its seperate to buying players for the development squad so we could buy a coupke of pkayers and a couple like haidara on top.

The squad is too small for us nit to replace outgoing players.

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Biffins Bridge
13/01/2014 23:27

Agree with mental here. Plus we are always going to play things down and keep our cards close to our chest.

I agree with JFK to a point. We have been there before buying the wrong type of player for too much money. Plus we have seen that numbers are not the way forward. Spurs and the Mackems are proof of that.

Our first 11 is very good, especially for how much it cost to put together. After that it is pretty sh17 apart from defence. Our FB are good and have 4 cb. Williamson is making such a difference no matter what people say about him.

Think everyone knows it in the forward positions and a back up keeper we need. Jonas is sort of gone and if we can add Obertan and marvaux into that, and bring in a player who actually improves us and offers us something different, then that would be a massive boost.

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