Newcastle United are taking a closer look at young talent in South America.

Toon boss Alan Pardew held talks with a South American agent on Tyneside last week.

He told the Sunday Sun: "We had an agent at the training ground on Thursday who represents young players from South America, we've got a situation where I'm trying to get someone to the Barcelona Academy, just because we haven't been there for a while and it would be a good time to have a look around.

"All of those processes continue."