The local Manchester press claim that Newcastle United are interested in adding Micah Richards and Scott SInclair to their transfer spending this summer.

Newcastle are linked with four Manchester City players, does FFP restrictions on City make these any more likely to happen?

It is the World Cup at the end of the season and players will be desperate to have a stand-out year so they are considered for the summer of 2014. This applies to the majority of our first team players.

The truth though may well be that we are now on a journey where any real Newcastle United exclusives will be broken by Ashley’s Sports Direct News, rather than Sky Sports which we had become used to under Ashley/Llambias. After all, if you ‘own’ the news then why would you let somebody else profit from it?

Any guesses as to how many it will be by September?

Latest ‘stories’ include Steven Taylor and Scott Sinclair…