Newcastle United were linked with Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Cuisance prior to his failed Leeds United move.
The Magpies thought they had missed out on the France youth international when he few into Yorkshire to seal a move to Elland Road on Wednesday.
However, they could be back in the race after Leeds pulled out of the £20 million deal after scan discovered an issue with one of his feet during the medical.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side performed further assessments and weighed up the risk, but decided against signing Cuisance after mulling the results over and taking advice from head of medicine Rob Price.