Newcastle United boss Joe Kinnear plans to strengthen his defence in January.
The Sunday Sun says Kinnear has confirmed that the two players he hopes to sign on loan if still at United in January are a left-back and a centre-half.
Although Roma's Liverpool old boy John Arne Riise and Germany international Marcel Schafer have been mooted as the left-back in question, that would seemingly rule out Arsenal midfielder Denilson, but not Blackburn centre-back Chris Samba.