Newcastle United's pursuit of Leicester City midfielder Hamza Choudhury has taken a fresh twist on transfer deadline day.

What's the story?

Having only clinched the permanent signing of Joe Willock, it's been no surprise that Steve Bruce's side have looked to be active on the final day of the summer transfer window.

Writing initially on Twitter on Tuesday morning, The Telegraph's Luke Edwards said: "#nufc are close to signing Hamza Choudhury on loan, this are more details will be on the @TeleFootball live blog shortly. It's all kicking off. Will also have another story online later today."

But then, a short while later, he tweeted: "Someone now appears to be briefing that Choudhury is not signing and business is done in this window. That would mean Bruce has been denied a loan he thought he could have. Whatever you think of him, this is scandalous. Leicester thought this was happening. So did player #nufc"

He added: "And by someone I mean the club… I predict trouble ahead."

Fans will be fuming

If a move for Choudhury has broken down just a short while after it all seemed that he was set to arrive at St James' Park, then it would be the latest in a long set of disasters under Mike Ashley.

As Edwards himself says, it's certainly a "scandalous" situation that is sure to have Bruce and the club's fans fuming.

What went on behind the scenes for it to collapse remains to be seen at the moment, but it's clear that a late transfer twist has denied the Magpies a young, English midfielder with plenty of Premier League experience in his time with the Foxes over the past few years.

A loan deal for the season would have bolstered Bruce's options in the middle of the park, and given a combative presence in the engine room - as per Whoscored, he's averaged over 1.2 tackles and 1.1 interceptions per game in his career thus far.

The fact that Bruce himself admitted in recent days and weeks that only loan deals would be the most likely for the Magpies in terms of incomings, but now finds himself in a situation where he had one lined up, but has seen it taken away from him, is frustrating to say the least.

Not only will Bruce be gutted, but fans will surely be livid at how things have played out on transfer deadline day regarding Choudhury.

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