Newcastle yesterday failed to land a striker before last night’s transfer deadline, despite Alan Pardew promising "one or two strikers before August is out".
As a result, Best finds himself significantly higher up the pecking order at St James’s Park than he thought he would.
Leon Best: “All I can do is give the manager a headache.
“If you look at my record in the Premier League in terms of starts and goals, it’s one in two, or better.
“To be honest, I wish the QPR game was tomorrow. All we can do as a team is try our best for the manager.”