Newcastle United boss Sam Allardyce insists he isn't panicking in the summer market.

"We're linked with a lot of players and I'd prefer to be linked with players coming in, not going out, but 99% of it is wrong," Allardyce told The Journal. "My main focus is bringing players in, we haven't managed to bring one in for a while but I'm very confident we will in the near future, we hope we will be picking up one or two players.

"It's nice to get them as early as you can but, at the end of the day, as long as you get them in, that's the most important thing. We are continuing that pursuit and from the top of this club down to me we are going out all guns blazing. It's a difficult market to work in, but we are doing our best. There is no sense panicking and trying to sign players for the sake of it."

And Allardyce was keen to put the emphasis on his search for defenders.

He added: "The defence is the area we are looking to strengthen. The players who have come in for the last couple of friendly games have done very well, but we lack experience because of the amount of players I released when I first got here.

"Defenders around Europe are difficult to find and a lot of players have already been snapped up. There is a limited market in every position, but in that position there is a limit to those with the quality to play in the Premiership."