Liverpool great Mark Lawrenson believes Newcastle's January work will see them safe.
Last month's shopping spree totalled just shy of £100million - putting Newcastle's spending ahead of any other European side.
Former Liverpool defender Lawrenson thinks the heavy expenditure will secure the club's top-flight status, but would not consider it a catastrophe if they were relegated in May.
“It wouldn't be the end of the world if they did go down because it would just delay plans for another year," he told FreeSuperTips.
“You then find out about the characters of the players in the Championship, in a league they should walk if they get relegated."
“I just have the feeling that they'll be ok, it's a mad scramble down there, but they've started to improve, signed some new players, so I think they'll escape."
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