Former Premier League midfielder Don Hutchinson says Newcastle can recruit top players if they hire Mauricio Pochettino.

Toon's prospective ownership group, funded primarily by the Publicare reportedly interested in having Pochettino replace Steve Bruce,

"The most important man at the moment to try and get through the door is Pochettino," Hutchison said.

"If you're the owners and you've got all this money behind you that you want to pump into Newcastle - the first one you have to get right is the manager.

"If you get a world-class manager in Pochettino, I guarantee that players in the Premier League and all around Europe will be looking at Newcastle thinking 'that could be a club I want to join.

"They're only going to go one way, and that's right into the top-six and hopefully the top-four. Newcastle need a massive rebuild.

"Coutinho isn't going to win Newcastle the title at the moment on his own, with the current crop of players.

"He's not even going to take them into the top four or six.

"It's going to take Pochettino coming through the door, then Coutinho coming in, then all of a sudden everybody will take Newcastle seriously.

"At the moment, it's not done and it's just a pipe dream, but Pochettino and Coutinho at Newcastle I'm pretty sure the best players in the league would want to join Newcastle."