BREAKING: Ashley Shearer says Newcastle United needs to make a £65 million signing or the summer could be “underwelming.”

An old Newcastle player says United needs to sign Marc Guehi after a “underwhelming” transfer window so far. An old Newcastle United player named Alan Shearer says the Magpies “don’t have a choice” but to sign Crystal Palace back Marc Guehi.

After long talks in which four bids for the England back were turned down, the club is thought to be close to reaching a deal.

There are high hopes that an agreement will be reached before next Friday’s transfer deadline. But United’s all-time top scorer thinks that Newcastle’s transfer officials would look bad if they failed to bring the 24-year-old to Tyneside.

Talks between the two clubs have been going on all month, and Shearer has pushed United to close the deal and give them a much-needed boost before the season ends.

“I don’t feel Newcastle have a choice now when it comes to Marc Guehi, they’ve shown their hand and perhaps expected it to be done by now,” Shearer said. “If Newcastle couldn’t make one big signing this summer, it would be a disappointing one in terms of signings.”

Last weekend, they beat Southampton, which was good, but they didn’t play well. I thought Southampton were the better team, even with 11 men for about 28 minutes.

There wasn’t a dull feeling at St. James’ Park, but it wasn’t as loud as it could have been either. The mood might have been caused by the lack of new players.