Manager: Hugo (Tyneside)
Twitter name: @Hugeist
Since: Debut
Trophy cabinet: Empty
Sympathies: Newcastle
Darts music: How You Like Me Now? – The Heavy
Outlook: Shrewd auction business from the debutant, but questions remain over Edin Dzeko’s ability to hold down a starting place and whether Papiss Cisse’s can carry over the incredible form he displayed last season. Will the outcome of an FA investigation affect appearance points in defence?
(B) = player awarded under the Titus Bramble ruling
| Friedel, B | TOT | £0.5m |
| Hangeland, B | FUL | £11m |
| Distin, S | EVE | £6m |
| Bassong, S | NOR | £30m |
| Ridgewell, L | WBA | £14m |
| Cleverley, T | MUN | £8.5m |
| deGuzman, J | SWA | £20m |
| Cazorla, S | ARS | £7.5m |
| Gardner, C | SUN | £5m |
| Dzeko, E | MCY | £1.5m |
| Cisse, P | NEW | £15m |
| Total | £119m |
Second transfer window – 1 February 2013
| Out | In | ||||
| Terry, J | CHE | £14m | Bassong, S | NOR | £30m |
| McAnuff, J | AVL | £9.5m | deGuzman, J | SWA | £20m |
| Park, J | CHE | £6m | Gardner, C | SUN | £5m |
First transfer window – 26 October 2012
| Out | In | ||||
| Pearce, A | REA | £3m | Ridgewell, L | WBA | £14m |
| Delph, F (B) | AVL | £7.5m | McAnuff, J | REA | £9.5m |
