Welcome to today's Newcastle United live blog for Saturday, July 1.

The transfer window is open and Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez is hoping the club deliver him the reinforcements he thinks he needs as he looks to a new season of Premier League football.

Benitez is understood to feel frustrated with a lack of progress at the club so far and a first deal would go a long way to easing some of the tension on Tyneside as the wait for a second deal of the summer continues.

Newcastle are expected to complete a deal for Florian Lejeune before pre-season kicks off next week but Benitez had hoped for more by now. United also have begun talks with Liverpool over Seyi Ojo in the hope of securing a season-long loan deal.

We've got all the latest transfers news and analysis ahead of what is sure to be another busy summer on Tyneside.

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