Steve Bruce fears his summer transfer budget will be cut as he tries to build for next season. Profitable Newcastle want to hand their boss around £50million to spend on new blood when they survive in the top flight.
But that is likely to be reduced because club income of £170m last year will tumble, like many rivals, because of broadcast payment reductions and season ticket refunds.
Bruce wants up to four new players and will price up deals for Danny Rose and Valentino Lazaro this week – with the future of Matty Longstaff also high on the agenda.
Bruce said: “I would envisage our budget is not going to be as big as what it was going to be in January before all this started. "There are big discussions to be had but we are still always
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