Newcastle United star Kieran Trippier insists the Magpies have had an excellent transfer window - and feels Eddie Howe has built a "brilliant" squad.
The full-back was reflecting on the window in the aftermath of the 2-1 defeat at Liverpool and believes the fact Newcastle pushed the Reds all the way shows how far they've come in a short space of time.
Trippier told Chronicle Live: "It has been a really good window you see the players we've brought in since January, great characters, great experience of the Premier League and you know, we signed [eight] players and most of them have slotted in straight away.
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"The squad is brilliant and has been since I've arrived until now. We've made another great signing in Isak who I know very well and he'll bang goals for sure in the Premier League. It's been positive since January and people may have a short memory but we've come a long way."
Trippier has played against Alexander Isak in Spain and believes the £58million club record signing will prove his worth in the Premier League.
The England star said: "I've played against him in Spain, I know what he's all about. He's settled in very well, we've got a very good group here, a very good manager and you see how we play but he's slotted straight in.
"It's a new league for him with the tempo and stuff but I thought he handled it very well considering he got shucked in at Anfield away.
"He's been unbelievable in training as well so a lot more goals to come from him for sure."
And looking back on the narrow defeat on Merseyside, Trippier said: "Going off the way we performed, we feel as though we matched them for everything.
"They might have had more possession but I feel like that was controlled from our side. You see how many long balls they played over the top and how we dealt with that.
"A lot of their long balls went out of play which was something we'd been working on especially with van Dijk. I feel like we performed very well and it's football, we concede in you could say the last second but in reality it's two and a half minutes over the five added on."
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