Newcastle United and Aston Villa both had scouts in attendance to watch Galatasaray forward Baris Alper Yilmaz on Friday night, according to reports.
, splashing just under £150million on eight new players.
Only 15 clubs in Europe have spent more than , who have bought Lewis Hall, Odysseas Vlachodimos and William Osula for around £60m as well as Lloyd Kelly and John Ruddy on free transfers.
Both clubs are expected to make more signings before the window closes with the Magpies top target believed to be Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi.
Unai Emery s side, meanwhile, have been linked with Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix and Chelsea s Trevoh Chalobah, .
It now appears that Newcastle and the Villans are targeting Turkish international Yilm…