Newcastle United have confirmed a deal to loan no less than five players to Rangers, completed in one go before the transfer window closed.

Toon boss Mike Ashley owns a stake in the Scottish club and recently loaned them funds to stay in business, via his clothing company Sports Direct.

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Now the club has confirmed the list of players put together with the aim of providing Rangers the boost they need to fight for promotion from the Scottish Championship.

Top of the group is the 22-year-old attacking midfielder Haris Vuckic, who has made 18 first-team appearances for Newcastle and has a Slovenia international cap.

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into a first-half lead Getty Images 56/125 Burnley 1 Newcastle 1 Boyd celebrates with the Burnley mascot Bertie Bee Getty Images 57/125 Burnley 1 Newcastle 1 Papiss Cisse turns in a cross to draw Newcastle level at Turf Moor Getty Images 58/125 Burnley 1 Newcastle 1 Newcastle players surround Cisse after his equaliser Getty Images 59/125 Burnley 1 Newcastle 1 Danny Ings attempts to get a shot on goal in the second-half Getty Images 60/125 West Ham 1 Newcastle 0 Mauro Zarate holds off Sammy Ameobi Getty Images 61/125 West Ham 1 Newcastle 0 Aaron Cresswell fires home the only goal of the game Getty Images 62/125 West Ham 1 Newcastle 0 Mark Noble challenges Moussa Sissoko Getty Images 63/125 West Ham 1 Newcastle 0 Sam Allardyce and Alan Pardew patrol the touchline Getty Images 64/125 West Ham 1 Newcastle 0 Adrian clears his lines for West Ham Getty Images 65/125 West Ham 1 Newcastle 0 West Ham players celebrate their victory Getty Images 66/125 West Brom 0 Newcastle 2 Ayoze Perez flicks 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watches as his effort finds the corner of the Manchester City goal to give Newcastle the lead Getty Images 77/125 Tottenham 1 Newcastle 2 Ayoze Perez and his teammates celebrate with the away fans GETTY IMAGES 78/125 Tottenham 1 Newcastle 2 Ayoze Perez scores for Newcastle to complete the turnaround GETTY IMAGES 79/125 Tottenham 1 Newcastle 2 Sammy Ameobi scores with his first touch to level for Newcastle GETTY IMAGES 80/125 Tottenham 1 Newcastle 2 Emmanuel Adebayor heads in the opening goal for Spurs GETTY IMAGES 81/125 Newcastle 1 Leicester 0 Gabriel Obertan celebrates his goal with his team mates GETTY IMAGES 82/125 Newcastle 1 Leicester 0 Gabriel Obertan fires in to give Newcastle the lead GETTY IMAGES 83/125 Newcastle 1 Leicester 0 Papiss Cisse misses a good chance GETTY IMAGES 84/125 Newcastle 1 Leicester 0 The match is delayed by an hour due to problems with a big screen coming dislodged by the wind GETTY IMAGES 85/125 Swansea 2 Newcastle 2 Courtesy of Papiss Cisse's second of the afternoon, Alan Pardew's men show they are no pushovers. 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Swiss teenage defender Kevin Mbabu and 20-year-old English centre-back Remie Streete also make the move to Ibrox, as do the former Coventry midfielder Gael Bigirimana and the winger Shane Ferguson, who was loaned out to Birmingham City last season.

Newcastle's official Twitter feed confirmed the deals after the window had closed on Monday night, and said that the five players would all remain at Rangers until the end of this season.

Last week it was reported that Mr Ashley, who owns 8.9 per cent of Rangers shares but has been barred from increasing his holding by the Scottish FA, has agreed two interest-free loans to the club of £5m each from Sports Direct. These will replace his existing £3m loan to the club.

In return, Rangers will transfer a further 26 per cent of its retail business to Sports Direct, whose holding for the duration of the loan will increase to 75 per cent. The loan will be secured against the club’s training ground and various other properties, but not Ibrox Stadium.

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