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title: "McAvennie says Saint-Maximin will stay at Newcastle"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
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published: "2022-07-29T07:00:00Z"
modified: "2022-07-29T07:00:00Z"
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# McAvennie says Saint-Maximin will stay at Newcastle

Allan Saint-Maximin has an uncertain future at Newcastle United with Eddie Howe reportedly keen to cash in on the 25-year-old amid interest from Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, but Frank McAvennie believe he’ll end up staying.

Saint-Maximin has been linked with a £40m move away from Newcastle after finishing as the club’s top assist-maker and second-best goalscorer last season, but McAvennie says Howe should keep him at St James’ Park.

He told [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/chelsea-could-sign-40m-raheem-sterling-ally-after-journalists-update-pundit/): “I don’t think he’ll want to go. He’s the one player I’d have kept because they were hopeless until Eddie Howe came in. Chelsea is a huge club, Newcastle are not yet but they’re going to be. (So) it’s whether he wants to stay and be part of that build.”

Saint-Maximin is coming off the back of his best season at Newcastle, scoring five goals and making five assists from [35 Premier League games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/allan-saint-maximin/leistungsdaten/spieler/272642/plus/0?saison=2021). For a player valued at more than £40m, Newcastle aren’t getting the best from him on the pitch.

*Read Newcastle* have said numerous times that [Howe should consider selling Saint-Maximin](https://readnewcastle.com/2022/07/06/newcastle-can-survive-without-allan-saint-maximin/), as the Magpies can survive without him. The money made could go towards a more prolific replacement.

But with Ryan Fraser (27 PL apps, 2 goals, 3 assists), Jacob Murphy (33 PL apps, 1 goal, 2 assists) and Miguel Almiron ([30 PL apps](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/newcastle-united/leistungsdaten/verein/762/reldata/GB1%262021/plus/1), 1 goal, 0 assists) failing to pick up the slack, would Howe really lose his most dangerous winger without a replacement lined up?

***[In other news, Newcastle told to sign ‘very good’ Timo Werner](https://readnewcastle.com/2022/07/29/newcastle-told-to-sign-very-good-timo-werner/)***