Steve Bruce is pushing for Newcastle United to sign Hamza Choudhury on loan from Leicester City.
The 23-year old was a target for Bruce in the January window and is understood to be open to the move so he can play more regular football.
Bruce believes the England U21 international’s industry and combative nature would make a huge difference to his side but Newcastle’s hierarchy want their manager to trim his squad first to make room.
Newcastle bought Joe Willock from Arsenal in a £25million deal last week and they have been trying to offload first team and fringe players to offset their spending but to little avail.