OPINION
Newcastle United are continuing to take proactive action by offering Henri Saivet to several clubs but it’s hard to see him being anything other than a problem the summer.
The Magpies were previously thought to be offering the 27-year-old midfielder to clubs in France, as reported by the Chronicle, in order to get him permanently off their books.
However clearly they didn’t achieve much success in convincing a French club to take him as the Chronicle are now reporting that the Magpies are offering Saivet to clubs in France, Turkey, Greece and Russia.
As this latest report has shared that the search to find Saivet a new club has already been dramatically widen, it just confirms the difficulties there are to finding him in a new club.
It is believed that Rafa Benitez is hoping to make room in the wage budget to welcome the needed new recruits to St James Park by getting rid of the player who earns £35,000-a-week.
While there are thought to be two unnamed Ligue 1 clubs keen on Saivet, probably from him being offered around, there is no official bid as of yet.
Also given Saivet’s current wage he would likely have to take a significant pay cut in order to move to one of the unknown French clubs.
This is unlikely to be an enticing prospect for the midfielder as despite only ever having made six first-team appearances for the Premier League side, his contract still runs until 2021.
The player may opt to pick up his lucrative wage and sit on the sidelines rather than take a financial hit in order to get regular football.
With Benitez needing to lower the wage budget to help him be able to make new signings, it clearly means that Saivet is a headache for the Magpies manager and will prove a problem.
The midfielder will be an issue as at this stage it seems even with proactive action being taken, it’s unlikely to be an easy or achievable task to get him out the doors of St James Park.
