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Newcastle are upping their bid for France right-back Mathieu Debuchy.

Debuchy's club Lille rejected a £4million offer earlier this month and described it as derisory for a player who caught the eye at Euro 2012.

The Geordies are not prepared to scrap their interest in Debuchy, who has also been linked with Chelsea, however.

They will go back to the French club with an offer of nearer £6m for the 26-year-old.

Boss Alan Pardew has two other summer targets, which could take his spending to £20 million.

FC Twente striker Luuk De Jong and Ajax left-back or midfielder Vurnon Anita are also on their wanted list, but as always they will not be paying over the odds.

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Newcastle have wiggle room in their wages budget now that midfielder Alan Smith's £3million-a-year contract has expired, and could soon have more because striker Leon Best is in talks over a switch to Championship side Blackburn.

Club chiefs hope that spending early this summer will help convince key men including Cheick Tiote, Demba Ba and Yohan Cabaye to stay.

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