Steve Bruce has claimed he will have the final say on transfer targets after being installed as the new manager of Newcastle United earlier this week.
The 58-year-old left his post at Sheffield Wednesday to take the reins on Tyneside, and immediately faced questions regarding how much control he has over potential incomings this summer.
There is a depleted look to the club’s forward line ahead of the 2019-20 campaign, with last season’s top scorer Ayoze Perez signing for Leicester City in a £30 million ($38m) deal earlier this month and 12-goal Salomon Rondon linking up with former Magpies boss Rafa Benitez in China at Dalian Yifang.