Newcastle transfers: Fans react to Townsend move

By Russell Hughes | Jan 28, 2016

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - JANUARY 28: New Signing Andros Townsend holds up his named and numbered shirt in a press conference at The Newcastle United Training Centre on January 28, 2016, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images) /

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£12 million for Andros Townsend!? Newcastle pissing money up the wall again I see
— Scott McElhaney (@ScottMc07) January 27, 2016

Newcastle United have now spent more money than anyone else in the January transfer window in the entire world, but some feel the fee for Andros Townsend was too much.

Some teams feel the need to throw money away in order to try and beat the drop – are the Magpies in the same boat?

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