According to The Chronicle Loic Remy could be set to make an extraordinary return to St. James’ Park this month as Chelsea ‘offer’ him to struggling Premier League sides.
Chelsea are thought to be willing to offload to former Marseille man, as their goalscoring worries were lifted by the 3-0 win at Crystal Palace at the weekend.
Newacstle have been woeful in front of goal this season, with strikers Ayoze Perez, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Papiss Cisse scoring just 10 goals between them this season.
Head Coach Steve McClaren told the gathered press
I can’t fault the performances, but we need to be more ruthless in both boxes.
We come away bewildered that we’ve lost the game. Aleksandar Mitrovic missed after a great pull back from Ayoze Perez, but we caused them so many problems and controlled them at the back.
The last three games we’ve lost 1-0. One in the last minute against Everton, West Brom in the last 10 minutes and this one, but the performances have been there.
The fight and spirit, the control of the game and the football, everything has been there just not the finishing touches. We said we’d come here and give it a go.
Remy has been offered to Norwich, Swansea and Aston Villa.
The Frenchman will be looking for regular first team football, with the European Championships being held in his native land this summer.
Remy scored 14 goals in 26 appearances for the Magpies in the 2013/14 season, and could be the catalyst to keep McClaren’s men in the Premier League.
