GRANT HANLEY has completed a £3.5m move to Norwich City, with Jack Colback and Achraf Lazaar also close to finalising moves away from St James' Park.

However, the Magpies are still to decide what to do with Dwight Gayle ahead of tomorrow night's transfer deadline.

Fulham have tabled a £15m offer for Gayle, but Newcastle are only willing to sell the striker if they can secure a replacement ahead of tomorrow's 11pm cut-off point.

Hanley has signed a four-year deal at Norwich after successfully agreeing terms with the Canaries earlier today.

He leaves Tyneside for a fee of around £3.5m, having made a total of 17 senior appearances during his 13 months at St. James’ Park. His only Newcastle goal came against QPR.

Hanley joined Newcastle in a £5.5m move from Blackburn Rovers last summer, but struggled to make any kind of impression in a black-and-white shirt. His final Magpies appearance came in last week's ill-fated Carabao Cup game with Nottingham Forest.

Colback is in talks with Wolves about a possible season-long loan, with the Molineux club having outmuscled Hull City in the race to land the central midfielder.

Lazaar, meanwhile, is close to completing a loan move to Benevento, with the Italian club having agreed a clause that will enable them to complete a permanent €3.5m transfer next summer.

All three exits should go through well ahead of the deadline, but Gayle's future remains shrounded in uncertainty.

The Northern Echo:

Newcastle value Gayle at around £20m, but with Fulham determined to splash the cash ahead of tomorrow night’s transfer deadline, sources close to the discussions suggest a compromise could be possible after the London club tabled an initial offer of £15m.

Gayle, who cost Newcastle £10m when he signed from Crystal Palace, scored 23 Championship goals as United won the title last season, but he has fallen out of favour with Rafael Benitez and was not in the squad for last weekend’s 3-0 win over West Ham.

Benitez has told the rest of Newcastle’s recruitment team that he is willing to sell the 26-year-old – but only if there is a cast-iron guarantee of a replacement coming through the door before tomorrow’s deadline.

Newcastle have sounded out Liverpool about a possible deal for Belgian striker Divock Origi, and also retain a long-standing interest in Arsenal’s Lucas Perez. They made a number of inquiries about Stevan Jovetic earlier in the window, but the former Manchester City forward joined Monaco yesterday.

In January 2011, Newcastle sold Andy Carroll to Liverpool on deadline day and did not have time to secure a replacement. There are fears of the same thing happening again, although Benitez is adamant he does not want Gayle to leave Tyneside if there is any chance of him not being adequately replaced.

Newcastle have signed Joselu from Stoke City this summer, but have lost Emmanuel Riviere, who signed a permanent deal with Metz.