Newcastle United boss Graeme Souness will attempt to sign five more players before the closure of the transfer window as his new squad takes shape.
The Scot yesterday completed the capture of Inter Milan midfielder Emre Belozoglu following the arrival earlier this summer of Scott Parker from Chelsea and has insisted that he will not stop there.
Arsenal's hugely experienced centre-back Sol Campbell has emerged as a target, while the club continues to pursue Fulham midfielder Luis Boa Morte among others after chairman Freddy Shepherd insisted a top-six finish is a must.
He said: "If we get the players in that we are targeting, I am cool with that. I can live with that but if, and that is a big word, if we get the players in we are talking about bringing in because at the end of the day, it would not take a mathematician to work out that we are short of numbers at this time at Newcastle."
Souness added: "We have sold six, we have got two in. We have got two cracking players in Scott Parker and Emre, but we need, in my opinion, another three top men and maybe another two to be squad players."
