Age: 22 Club: Burnley Nationality: English Estimated market value: Free (likely £750,000 compensation fee) League apps (2014-15): 25 League goals (2014-15): 9 Another Englishman who has impressed up front in the Premier League this year, Danny Ings has excelled up front for Burnley and has helped the unfashionable Lancashire side remain in the hunt for top-flight survival against the odds. Nine goals in 25 league games has alerted the likes of Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and even David Moyes' Real Sociedad to Ings' availability - his contract is up in the summer, so Burnley would only be due a nominal compensation fee - but Newcastle could prove an attractive proposition for the 22-year-old if he wants guaranteed first-team football. Hard-working, sharp in front of goal and deceptively good in the air for someone who is only 5ft 10ins, Ings could form part of a backbone of a Magpies' side for years to come - plus he fits in with the get them cheap and young, sell them on for a big profit mould which Mike Ashley seems to live for...
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