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Newcastle United were drawn against Premier League opposition for the fourth round of the Carabao Cup last 16 after they saw off Bradford City at St James' Park on Wednesday night.

The Magpies were drawn as the home side once again by Jamie Redknapp, but rather than being handed one of the lower-league teams still in the competition, Newcastle will face fellow Champions League side Tottenham Hotspur next month, as Michael Brown drew the away side.

It already has shades of last season, where Newcastle had to overcome the best the Premier League had to offer on the way to Wembley before beating the eventual Premier League champions.

Newcastle don't like to do things the easy way, and drawing Tottenham, things definitely won't be easy.

Jamie O'Hara says Tottenham go the worst possible draw

However, if TalkSPORT's Jamie O'Hara's reaction to the draw is anything to go by, it's the Spurs fans who should be more worried.

“Michael Brown!. Honestly, Michael Brown, what are you doing? We’ve got the draw going on and I’m fuming with Michael Brown right now. He’s pulled Tottenham out the hat to Newcastle away.

“Honestly, it’s just so annoying. That is probably one of the hardest fixtures in the whole draw. We’re playing Newcastle. That is a tough game. I don’t think we go there and win. We’re playing the holders. I’m disappointed with Michael Brown.”

Newcastle have six games to hone their goal-scoring craft before facing Spurs

The Magpies have six more games between now and when they take on Spurs in the Carabao Cup, which should be enough time to hone their craft up front.

Newcastle scored four against Bradford last night, which was as many goals in one game as they'd amassed all season prior to that game.

We know we have what it takes to beat any team put in front of us, but it's all about finding that goal-scoring touch for Eddie Howe right now; that's our only concern. Once that clicks, there'll be no stopping us.

Ever since Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi were pushed out of Newcastle United last year, there have been plenty of rumours that their journey in the world of Football is far from over.

At one point last season, there were some strong rumours that Amanda Staveley was raising funds to buy into Tottenham Hotspur, and there was a lot of evidence to back this up, with the financier having been spotted in meetings with Spurs club officials.

Now, after executive chairman Daniel Levy's shock resignation last week, there's a power vacuum to be filled at the London club, and obviously, Staveley's name has come up in the conversation.

It now looks as though the former Newcastle United co-owner is set to release a statement today addressing the rumours.

Amanda Staveley is not launching a bid for Tottenham

The BBC have already reported that Spurs insist the club is not for sale amid reports of bids having already been made, with Spurs putting out a statement on Sunday night.

"The Board of the Club and ENIC confirm that Tottenham Hotspur is not for sale and ENIC has no intention to accept any such offer to acquire its interest in the Club,"

Now, Amanda Staveley is expected to follow that up with a statement of her own stating that she has no interest in buying Tottenham, according to Sky Sports.

We're glad there's no truth to the rumours of a Staveley-led bid for Tottenham

A lot of Newcastle fans didn't want to see Amanda Staveley leave the club in the first place, and there has been a notable downturn in trust in the club since her departure.

It would be painful to watch Staveley take over another club, especially one in the Premier League and seeing another fanbase benefit from her hands-on approach.

The financier and her husband were the link between the fans and the club, a public face who always seemed to have time for the fans. After being ousted, the communication between the club and the fans became practically non-existent beyond the Premier League-led Fan Advisory Board engagement. Now that David Hopkinson has taken over as CEO, we hope that these communication lines are opened again, but we won't hold our breath.

Newcastle United avoided another pre-season defeat, hanging on to a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur at the Korean National Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

In what was Son Heung-min's last game for Tottenham, the game became almost like a testimonial to the South Korean hero, especially when you consider the scenes following his withdrawal in the second half. Son hugged every single Spurs player and staff member with the backdrop of a raucous ovation from the Korean support. It was a great moment for one of the sport's nicest people.

As for the game itself, Newcastle started the game really slowly and Spurs took full advantage, scoring after just four minutes through Brennan Johnson.

Red flags were raised very early on when a Nick Pope clearance spooned off his trotter and went out for a corner in a move that almost defied physics. Fortunately, the first-choice stopper more than made up for that error later on with a fine save when one-on-one with Mathys Tel.

Harvey Barnes came to Newcastle's rescue

The Magpies grew into the game and started to look the bigger threat, eventually grabbing the goal they deserved for their domination on 38 minutes.

Harvey Barnes picked up the ball on the left flank, cut inside and fired a low, hard shot into the corner at the near post. A typical Harvey Barnes goal, if ever there was one.

The game lost a lot of momentum in the second half as both managers made a raft of changes, taking all of the urgency out of the game.

There were. however, several incidents throughout the game would have onlookers questioning the 'friendly' nature of the game, with Bruno Guimaraes and Cristian Romero almost coming to blows, and there were a few other full-blooded moments. Joelinton, of course, threw his weight around at times to add to the feistiness of the game.th

Newcastle really need that striker situation sorted

One thing that became screamingly apparent was how much Newcastle badly need a striker. After 12 attempts at goal and only two on target, the outlook is certainly not great.

Hopefully, though, we're moving towards a conclusion on the striker front, and with a bit of luck, it will be resolved this week ahead of the Sela weekender, but at least we hope it's resolved before the season opener.

Newcastle will return home tomorrow, and that means Eddie Howe will soon sit down with Alexander Isak, and we'll start to get a clearer picture of what is going on, hopefully.

Newcastle United wrap up their Asian tour with a game against Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur in Seoul, South Korea.

The Magpies will debut the new green change kit, which will sport Korean-inspired lettering on the back for the names and numbers.

Eddie Howe has made several changes to the lineup that started against Team K-League on Wednesday, with this XI probably looking like the weaker of the two by virtue of having no recognised striker.

We suspect Anthony Gordon will be playing through the middle with Harvey Barnes and Jacob Murphy flanking him, but Gordon is hardly a centre-forward; we'd probably have preferred to have seen youngster Sean Neave start to give him a proper run out.

Just the four goalkeepers on the bench this time out

Matt Targett gets a rare start in a back four that sees Fabian Schar reinstated alongside Dan Burn.

Joelinton and Bruno line up side by side in the middle, along with Lewis Miley, as Sandro Tonali sits this one out on the bench.

The injury Joe Willock picked up on Wednesday is expected to keep him out for up to six weeks, so there's no place for him in the squad, meaning Eddie Howe has named four goalkeepers on the bench.

Give us more Park Seung-soo

It would be nice to end the Asia tour with a win, but at the end of the day, it's still all about fitness and building up match sharpness.

We can save the pre-season wins for the two games at St James' Park next weekend to boost the confidence heading into the Premier League season in two weeks' time.

Let's just enjoy this one, and we're going to hope that Park Seung-soo gets on the pitch again, hopefully for a bit longer this time. We're dying to see more of the Korean youngster.

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.