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Newcastle United midfielder Henri Saivet is close to joining Bursaspor on a season-long loan deal.

The 27-year-old Senegal international still has three years remaining on his United contract, but he looks set to spend the 2018/19 campaign back in Turkey following a loan spell at Sivasspor during the first half of the year.

Although the Premier League transfer window closed last Thursday, most markets around Europe are open until the end of the month - while EFL clubs can also loan players until August 31.

As a result, Newcastle have been actively offering Saivet to clubs across the Continent in the hope they can offload a big earner - the midfielder is believed to be on around £35,000 a week - who is surplus to requirements.

Whether Bursaspor are paying Saivet’s salary in full remains to be seen, but United have been forced to partly subsidise unwanted players’ wages over the past two seasons in order to send them out on loan.

Saivet, who made only one league appearance for United over the course of the past two campaigns, is not considered part of Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle first-team plans and admits he must head out on loan in an attempt to reinvigorate his career.

“I am very happy that I came to Bursaspor, and it was very important for me to be transferred here for my career,” Saivet told BeIN Sport Turkey.

“I will be training with the team after the health check tomorrow. We worked together too, and hopefully everything will be fine.”