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Newcastle United are still waiting to make their first real addition to the first team in two years, as the familiar transfer window pattern of seeing our alleged targets move elsewhere continues to frustrate fans.

Thankfully, the transfer landscape at Newcastle this year is very different to the last three windows in that the Magpies actually have money to spend and PSR headroom with which to do it in.

Last summer, Newcastle focused on signing Marc Guehi, feeling that signing the Crystal Palace man would be a risk worth taking as long as they could move players on, but it was very much Guehi or nobody.

This year, Newcastle are expected to make several additions to add genuine quality to the first team rather than just adding depth to the squad with players not ready or not good enough for the first team.

Tottenham now want West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus

Newcastle have missed out on a couple of targets already this summer, and while they seem to be having a clear run at Nottingham Forest's Anthony Elanga, the noises coming from the East Midlands are that Forest do not want to sell their Sweden international.

If Newcastle fail in their mission to bring in Anthony Elanga, there are several other players who the Magpies are looking at; however, one could now end up at another Premier League club, with Tottenham Hotspur eyeing a move for West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus.

Newcastle have Kudus on their wishlist behind Elanga, and while they weigh up the idea of going in with an improved bid, The Telegraph are expecting Spurs to make their move for Kudus, which would leave Newcastle with one fewer option.

Newcastle still have plenty of other names on their list should they miss out on Elanga and Kudus

West Ham seem to be more open to selling Mohammed Kudus than Forest are with Elanga, which means if Spurs do make a move, it could move much more quickly than Newcastle's business with Elanga, which means Eddie Howe would end up having to scrub two names off his list of targets.

Forunately, the number of players already being linked with Newcastle for right-wing leaves a few more options even if we miss out on these two, and as we keep saying, Newcastle are great at springing surprise signings on us, so we could end up signing a right winger whose name hasn't even been mentioned.

It's still far too early to panic, although the soft deadline set by Eddie Howe of having two additions in before they return to training next week is looking like it may pass without any new faces.