Steve Bruce: “There are a few players here who are tall. One or two tall players around.
"The key to it is whether someone will want to take on the mantle, a focal point in this journey. But we need an Andy Carroll.
“It is a big search, a big ask to try to find that type of player. We want someone with a physical presence.
“You can see the profile of players we have here at the moment. They are youngish. We know it's not about piling a load of players together to get one good season out of them only for it all to disappear down the drain.”
