Newcastle Transfers: 5 Reasons Pardew MUST Go Back In For Remy

4. Comparative Affordability

Remy would have cost Liverpool just £8.5m with his price tag increasing for clubs further down the league who couldn't offer the player European football - clearly in a deal structured in QPR's favour to stop direct competitors profiting from a cheaper price and potentially making the gap between themselves and the so-called mid-table clubs larger. With that in mind, Newcastle would reportedly have to pay more like £15m to land the striker permanently. And despite his famous preference for cheaper deals and bargains, Newcastle supremo Mike Ashley should make the necessary funds available, because that price would still be a bargain. In a market where Sunderland might be set to spend £14m on Fabio Borini (or loan him with a view to a permanent deal further down the line), and Fulham can pay £11m for Ross McCormack and Kostas Mitroglou, a striker who scored at a rate of almost one every two games in a very poor Newcastle side (at least in the second half of the season) is undoubtedly worth £15m and more. He has Premier League experience, as well as experience playing with Newcastle's retained talent, and he would not be considered a gamble in any terms other than his suspected injury.