Beckford has refused to sign a new deal at Leeds and it is well known he is tempted by the thought of a move to Tyneside.
Chris Hughton: “We are still making decisions about what to do in the transfer window, but I have never said that Marlon (Harewood) will not be coming back here.
“When you look at Marlon he got better and better in the period of time he was here.
“If you look at it, we have lost a centre-back and a striker in (Zurab) Khizanishvili and Harewood, so they are the two areas we will look to strengthen when the window opens. We are still looking at it and we will make our decision in private. We still have to decide who the personnel will be but we will add two players to the squad.”