Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce says he's been assured of a competitive transfer budget by club owner Mike Ashley.
Bruce insists he's had assurances on his budget from Ashley.
He said: We've talked about budgets and it was pretty straight forward.
I think Mike has always been pretty straight, but whatever the club brings in and whatever we generate by getting players through the door, we've got to spend.
That's where we are, that all the conversation was.
I'm under no illusions, we need to bring a few players in to improve."
