Fulham, who play Newcastle at St James’ Park on Saturday, are hoping to sign a right-back in the final few days of the January transfer window. They want competition for Timothy Castagne after Kenny Tete suffered an injury that could keep him out until April.

Robert: We have had a great season so far but I feel we are going to be stuck as a mid-table team as we were in our stint in the early 2000s. Unfortunately our midfield hasn't been as prolific as we would have thought,

Newcastle United have won seven of their past eight Premier League matches, winning the most points of any side in that time (21), and with only Liverpool (25) scoring more goals (22).

Newcastle United host Fulham on Saturday aiming for back-to-back Premier League wins with Eddie Howe hopefully having a near-full complement of players to pick from.

St Johnstone have accepted a third bid from Fulham for 16-year-old forward Brodie Dair and will receive an initial transfer fee of more than £150,000 should he agree personal terms and pass a medical.

Manchester United head to Fulham on Sunday trying to build on their Europa League win at home to Rangers on Thursday. Bruno Fernandes’ last-gasp goal handed United a 2-1 victory and provided some much-needed respite for head coach Ruben Amorim after another difficult week.

Lisandro Martinez's late deflected shot gave Manchester United a 1-0 win over Fulham after a scrappy 90 minutes at Craven Cottage on Sunday.

Fulham will no doubt view this as an opportunity missed, with Manchester United having been so lacklustre until they got the winner late on thanks to Lisandro Martinez's deflected strike. It felt like it would take an element of luck of moment of individual brilliance to win it,

The centre-back’s long pass to Amad earned United a hard-fought victory in the Manchester derby in mid-December, and he opened the scoring against Liverpool in an exhausting draw at Anfield. His goal against Fulham followed his late assist for Fernandes against Rangers in the Europa League.

Manchester United will be without Luke Shaw for Thursday night’s Europa League trip to Bucharest to meet FCSB. United have left Shaw out of their 21-man squad who will travel to the Romanian capital despite his recent return to full training.

Paraguay international Miguel Almiron has returned to Major League Soccer (MLS) side Atlanta United for an undisclosed fee, after six years at Newcastle United, both clubs said on Thursday.