
It was rather telling that Matias Fernandez-Pardo was Newcastle United's final signing of a rollercoaster summer. On the same afternoon, Newcastle announced that towering club-record signing Nick Woltemade had finalised his loan move to Juventus, having only joined the club last summer. Captain Bruno Guimaraes was among a handful of key players to leave, while eight new signings arrived, as Newcastle's records for spending and sales in a single window were both smashed.
