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Article: Hughton hopes to strengthen
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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PETER LOVENKRANDS has been lined up to rejoin Newcastle United
today and caretaker manager Chris Hughton hopes there will be "one
or two" more signings before the transfer deadline.
Newcastle went top of the Championship last night with a 1-0 win
over Leicester City at St James' Park, and now have a break before
travelling to Cardiff on Sunday, September 13.
By that time Hughton expects to have been given the go-ahead to
strengthen a squad that could be without Shola Ameobi and Jonas
Gutierrez for up to a month though injury.
Lovenkrands, whose shortterm contract expired at the end of last
season, has been in discussions over a return, while Manchester
United pair Craig Cathcart and Darron ...