Newcastle fans have put Bruno Guimarães No 1 in a ranking of the club's 34 first-team signings since the PIF-backed takeover in 2021. Kieran Trippier is second, Lewis Hall third, Dan Burn fourth and Anthony Gordon fifth. Five of the top 10 signings have already left the club.
Newcastle's top five
The top of the list is pretty easy to read. Fans have gone with the players who have given them the clearest return, starting with Bruno, who has become the reference point for the whole era. Trippier at No 2 and Burn at No 4 fit the same pattern, while Hall's third-place finish shows how quickly supporters have bought into him.
That fan verdict is also a reminder that this ranking is about impact, not price tag. The club has had 34 arrivals to judge, and the top five are spread across different positions, but the vote still lands on the same core names at the sharp end of the project.
The bottom of the list
The other end of the ranking is just as revealing. Odysseas Vlachodimos finishes last after Newcastle paid £20m to Nottingham Forest, and he managed only 45 minutes of first-team football. The contrast is stark, especially in a list where five of the top 10 signings have already left the club.
That gap between Bruno at the top and Vlachodimos at the bottom is what gives the fan vote its bite. Eddie Howe's squad building has produced a few obvious hits, a few early exits and at least one move that barely got started, which is about as honest a verdict as supporters can give after this many arrivals.
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