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title: "Benitez admits he has spoken about transfers"
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author: "Elliott Cuff"
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published: "2017-12-15T20:45:25Z"
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# Benitez admits he has spoken about transfers

Rafa Benitez has revealed that he has held talks about potential January signings with managing director Lee Charnley.

Amanda Staveley’s proposed takeover of the club has taken centre stage on Tyneside in recent weeks, but Benitez is concentrating on strengthening his side. He said;

> I had a conversation with Lee yesterday.
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> We were talking about what we want to do and players that maybe we would like to bring here, or players that maybe could go for any reason.
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> We have already started this discussion and then we will see if we can progress in a few days.

The Spaniard stressed a desire to get prospective signings over the line quickly, so he can focus on resurrecting the Magpies’ season. He continued;

> At this time it is just to talk about ideas. You might say ‘I would like to sign this player’ and someone will say ‘£40m’ – maybe it is not realistic.
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> The main thing, we had this conversation, then we have to move forward quickly. I don’t know the details but at least we were talking about that.
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> We have to progress and it is so obvious that we have to improve things.

Benitez wouldn’t be drawn on how much he will have to spend however, instead insisting it depends on who and not how much.

> It is more depending on the players that you can sign – you can sign one or two, or you can sign five.
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> It depends on how many players you like that will be available in the market. I don’t have any figures now.