NEWCASTLE legend Nikos Dabijas has advised his former club to target Premier League players with limited game time during the January transfer window.
The Magpies have found themselves in an intense relegation battle as they have lost 10 and won just one in 19 league matches, despite a recent £300million Saudi-led takeover.
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Toons are desperate for significant additions that will boost their hopes of survival with Tottenham’s Dele Alli, Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette as well as Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial linked as targets .
And Dabies, who spent five years at St James’s Park since arriving from Olympiakos in 1998, claims the new owners could give “high-level players” a new lease on life.
But the former defender insisted that Newcastle should approach January’s market carefully to find suitable candidates who can meet the club’s demands rather than mercenaries, who get easy salaries from the world’s richest team. day after.
Dabijas told SunSport: “All 20 teams [talented] Players who don’t get enough minutes and that could be something Newcastle can take advantage of.
“High-level players who don’t get enough opportunities can get more playing time on a temporary basis or commit to a long-term deal at a club like Newcastle. Good transfers are possible if the club moves carefully.” is January.
,[The January transfer window] It’s always tough for every team. That’s when you can only take additional steps, not just general restructurings for years to come. They have to take careful steps to achieve the main goal, which is to avoid exile.
“But under no circumstances will they be able to build a foundation in January because nobody sells their best player mid-season and even if they do, it won’t be cheap.
“The hierarchies and clubs need to find suitable candidates so that they can gradually establish the foundation that will allow them to become more competitive and climb through the ranks.
“What’s important to me [the players’] Inspiration. Certainly financial considerations will come into play but if that is the only reason why he chose Newcastle then he would not be the right choice.
“For me, the appropriate mindset [is important] Because Newcastle is an intense, as well as loyal, crowded club and the players they take for granted historically are the ones who recognize and dedicate their soul to the team.
“If a player comes in for only a few extra voids on his contract he will not be healthy and [he] Will not increase the squad. It has to be a significant combination of talent, personality, motive and character.”
Newcastle are still looking for a director of football after being rejected by top target Michael Amanello, who had tremendous success at Chelsea.
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As a former technical director at Panathinaikos and Omonia, Dabizas insists this is a role that the new administration needs to fill “at all costs.”
The former Leicester ace said: “It is a very important position with the same gravity as a manager. A manager is faced with so many demands that if he handles everything he is doomed to fail because He cannot do all that.
“The head coach needs to have very specific responsibilities and needs to focus on how he will train the players and win the upcoming matches.
“If that role doesn’t exist, especially in a club that wants to grow in every aspect, the burden for the manager will be enormous and it will distract him from his top priority, which is the next fixtures. Must be sorted at all costs.
“The ideal scenario would have been if the director had suggested the powers to the manager so that the head coach knew he was the director’s choice, that would create a solid relationship.”
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Dabies admitted that Newcastle face an uphill battle as they are second in the Premier League table.
However, the former Greece international is confident that survival is “not impossible” if the new owners get this right on transfers and the new arrivals raise the bar.
Dabizas said: “The statistics certainly show that a team that has won only one match out of 19 is usually relegated. But it is a completely different administration, completely different financial data, new managers and A team with a strong dynamic.
“These factors have changed the script. Survival is not impossible if January transfers are careful and they raise the bar in the most critical areas.”
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