Newcastle have to signal some form of ambition again
· Yahoo Sports
The transfer window has not long been open, but some of the Premier League's highest-earning clubs have their eyes on Newcastle's best players.
Tottenham have already made an unsuccessful opening offer for Sandro Tonali, while Arsenal hold an interest in the Italian as well as fellow midfielder Bruno Guimaraes.
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Tonali is a key player at Newcastle, but it is hard to overstate Guimaraes' importance - the Brazilian really is this team's heartbeat.
Last season was a bruising domestic campaign, one in which Newcastle finished a disappointing 12th in the Premier League, but Guimaraes tellingly still emerged with some credit as the club's player of the year.
The midfielder repeatedly popped up with openers, equalisers and winners in his best ever goalscoring season (nine).
Newcastle, understandably, don't want to lose him.
They had to become better sellers, but simply cannot afford for Guimaraes, Tonali, Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak to depart in the space of just a year.
What sort of message would that send?
After missing out on Spain international forward Victor Munoz, who opted to join Liverpool, Newcastle need a breakthrough of their own in the transfer market.
They have to signal some form of ambition again - not least to the players they currently have.