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Newcastle United will insist on a lump sum offer for want-away Holland international Gini Wijnaldum.

Wijnaldum was understood to be watching on nervously from the sidelines on Monday afternoon to see if he can force a move back to the Premier League this summer.

United will stay cool on any potential deal for Wijnaldum and the Magpies aren’t prepared to accept anything less than around the £27million mark for last season’s top scorer.

And they are not interested in staggered payments from the Kop club for Wijnaldum.

Wijnaldum would love to quit Newcastle and sign for Jurgen Klopp’s side, while there is also interest across Stanley Park from Everton and the United player’s fellow countryman Ronald Koeman.

Liverpool won’t have any problems stumping up Wijnaldum’s £60,000-per-week wage demands but Newcastle know that Premier League clubs will receive the biggest TV money deal ever, and will charge the Reds the full price up front for the ex-PSV Eindhoven man.

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This was also the case when the Magpies held out for a huge fee from Liverpool for Andy Carroll when the Reds eventually paid £35million back in 2011.

Newcastle chiefs are relaxed about the situation because Wijnaldum is protected by a long contract and the board have been told by Mike Ashley they are under no pressure whatsoever to sell.

But if Liverpool come up with the right price, Wijnaldum will be allowed to go after just one season for the Magpies.

Wijnaldum was on Liverpool’s wish-list before Klopp arrived at Anfield before Newcastle stole in to win his signature last summer for a £14.5million fee, the biggest price Ashley has ever sanctioned for a player since taking over the club in 2007.

Ashley is hardly the type of owner to be pushed around on business deals meaning Liverpool will have to cough up if they want to take the Dutchman to Merseyside.