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Newcastle United would have to pay £9million to sign Tottenham’s talented midfielder Alex Pritchard, who has been told he has no future at White Hart Lane.

United – who need midfield reinforcements after the sale of Georginio Wijnaldum and the likely departure of Moussa Sissoko later in the summer – are one of a clutch of clubs monitoring the midfielder’s availability.

Norwich, Aston Villa and QPR have also been linked with the midfielder, who enjoyed a fantastic spell at Brentford two years ago before failing to replicate that impact at West Bromwich Albion after January.

Injuries marred his progress at the Hawthorns but Daniel Levy still believes that in the current market he would demand that sort of fee.

Over the weekend Rafa Benitez said that United were still actively trying to make additions but admitted that prices were high. “It is not easy now, and the market is quite crazy. There are crazy prices everywhere, but we will try to do our best,” he said.

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Pritchard would fit United’s remit this summer of bringing in younger players who could potentially improve and make an impact in the Premier League – the division United are hoping to make a quick return to.

The 23-year-old was left out of Tottenham’s touring party in Australia and has been told in no uncertain terms that he’s not part of Mauricio Pochettino’s plans for the future.

“The situation of other three players - Bentaleb, Fazio and Pritchard - is very clear. They are not in my plans and they know. I have communicated with them and it was made very clear. It’s not a problem. They know the situation and we’ll see what happens,” Pochettino said.