When Newcastle United venture into the summer transfer market, one of their key priorities will be to sign a left-back to compete with Lewis Hall.

Hall's development has been such this season that he has arguably been the best left-back in the Premier League and he is in pole position to start for England at the World Cup.

But Newcastle don't have a natural replacement for him in the squad and when he was injured earlier this season, right-back Tino Livramento, centre-back Dan Burn and young centre-back Alex Murphy have all deputised for him in an unnatural role.

It is a situation that needs to be addressed in the summer and one player Newcastle have been monitoring is Wolves left-back Hugo Bueno.

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Bueno has made great strides this season, profiting from Wolves' sale of Rayan Ait-Nouri to Manchester City to establish himself as the club's first choice left-wing-back after returning from a...