January will hopefully prove to be a key month in Tottenham's campaign for all the right reasons. Starting 2025 11th in the Premier League table and with Ange Postecoglou having to try and cope with a huge injury crisis, Spurs desperately need a change in fortune heading into the new year.

Not going to have key players such as Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven back until the end of the month, January transfer additions could prove pivotal in how the rest of the season pans out. It has been a rather slow start to the window for the club in their hour of need, something which has certainly left supporters frustrated.

Tottenham have the opportunity to give everyone a much-needed lift on Saturday when they return to Premier League action against Newcastle United. It's not exactly an ideal fixture for Postecoglou's side considering Newcastle's form but it does give them a chance to lay down a marker and start the year as they mean to go on.

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Eddie Howe's team are in a rich vein of form at present and have won their last five games in all competitions. In terms of their Premier League results, they have scored 13 times and not even conceded one goal in eye-catching wins over Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Aston Villa and Manchester United.

Newcastle's midfield has been a key part of their recent resurgence, with Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Joelinton wowing alongside each other. The trio ran proceedings in Monday's evening victory over Manchester United and forced Ruben Amorim into a formation change on 33 minutes as Kobbie Mainoo replaced the unfortunate Joshua Zirkzee.

Having quality, athleticism and power in midfield with plenty of bite thrown in for good measure, Newcastle's triumvirate are a match for anybody right now and Tottenham's midfield trio on Saturday are going to be in for one hell of a challenge. Tonali's introduction to the starting XI at No.6 has seen Guimaraes push up into the No.8 role and that has resulted in the Brazilian having even more of a say on the game.

It is now three years since Guimaraes joined Newcastle in a £40million move from Lyon and it has proved to be a transformative signing for the north east club. Joining the Magpies at a time when they were just hovering outside the relegation zone, deals for the midfielder, Kieran Trippier, Dan Burn and Chris Wood proved shrewd acquisitions as Newcastle raced up the Premier League table and comfortably finished the season in 11th amid their previous relegation worries.

Since his move to Tyneside, Guimaraes has continued to go from strength to strength and ahead of this season he was appointed as their team captain. A huge influence in the middle of the park, it is no surprise at all that he has been linked with a move away going on his form.

Now set to face Tottenham on Saturday, Postecoglou's side could really do with a transformative signing of their own to give their season the boost it desperately craves. Needing additions at centre-back and left-back for starters, another attacker and an alternative for Guglielmo Vicario in goal would go down well before the end of the transfer window.

January is always a tricky month to deal in but Newcastle demonstrated three years ago that it can be done. Tottenham fans will have their fingers crossed that a player can come in and help transform the team's current fortunes as it could prove to be a decisive month with some tough Premier League games on the schedule, a Carabao Cup semi-final tie against Liverpool and also two Europa League fixtures with qualification to the knockout phase at stake.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Postecoglou was asked if the club are pushing to bring in some cover in the transfer market.

"It's not a matter of pushing, but I think, the club are working hard to try and sort of get some help for the playing group," he explained. "It’s no secret we need to bolster our numbers up a little bit, so the club's working hard on that.

"Obviously January is not an easy month, we understand it's not an easy time to bring people in particularly quickly and at the same time we still want to make sure we do what we think is the best thing for us rather than sort of just panic and bring people in who aren’t going to be a suitable fit."

On whether a new signing is imminent, he added: "Not really sure; it could be imminent could not be even. Not sure."

Talk of January transfers will temporarily be put on the backburner on Saturday when Tottenham take on Newcastle on home soil. Going on how the Magpies fared earlier in the week at Old Trafford, the talk after the game may well centre around Guimaraes and Co. if they continue to make light work of their opponents.

The Brazil international has proved to be a pivotal signing for Newcastle and Tottenham, now more than ever, need one of their own to help get their season back on track.

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