Guimaraes' importance - the numbers

[Getty Images]Rebuilding the squad was always on the cards at St James' Park this summer.Newcastle, fresh from a settlement with Uefa, have needed to sell in order to significantly reinvest.Anthony Gordon completed a £69.3m move to Barcelona while Sandro Tonali joined Tottenham Hotspur in a deal worth up to £100m.Such sales have helped to create headroom for Newcastle to spend within the game's financial rules.There is a cold argument that this could also be the right time to cash in