Victor Osimhen could be a part of the rebuild, implies Steve Bruce

Players like striker Joelinton, winger Allan Saint-Maximin, Jetro Williams all joined the club but none of them have been able to save Newcastle from embarrassment. Steve Bruce has now told the Chronicle that they are ready for a January rebuild. Newcastle scouts have been alerted about LOSC Lille striker Victor Osimhen who has netted eight goals in 11 appearances for the Ligue 1 side this season after joining the club from Belgian outfit Charleroi for £10.8million.

Club’s head of recruitment Steve Nickson and his team are set to compile a list of other options for Steve Bruce in the next couple of windows. Newcastle owners have made it clear that Bruce will be given adequate funds to spend in the winter transfer window but Bruce has put emphasis on the rebuild lasting for more than two transfer windows and not the January transfer window alone.

Bruce is keen to add an attacker and a creative midfielder to the squad in January transfer window. However, he as asserted that deadwood clean up will only happen next summer so the club is likely to bring a big group of players in the summer transfer window and not in this one. By next summer the wage bill could be cleared significantly with a host of senior contracts about to expire.