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Newcastle United are ready to mount a fresh bid to re-sign Loic Remy – after re-initiating talks with priority target Remy Cabella.

United were always aware that Remy would shop around in the summer but his lack of involvement in the World Cup could have dented his ambitions of landing Champions League football, and Newcastle feel they can make a case for him to come back to Tyneside.

There have been talks between Remy’s advisers and United since the end of the season and he has not been able to agree personal terms with Arsenal, who are also interested, or Spurs. Unlike those two clubs Newcastle are ready to stump up QPR’s asking fee and meet Remy’s personal terms – plus hand him the frontline striking role that he craves as a path into the France first-team reckoning in time for Euro 2016.

There was a minor disagreement after the season when Remy appeared to suggest that boss Alan Pardew had allowed him to skip the final day of the season at Anfield, but Newcastle do not believe that would hinder to a permanent move.

Indeed their biggest concern at the moment is that Remy might prefer to live in the capital – and may even chose to stay with QPR, promoted to the Premier League since the striker left on a season-long loan.

Arsenal remain a danger to Newcastle’s moves but a deal there has been held up. There is refreshed optimism in Newcastle’s recruitment drive but negotiations remain hard-fought.

Newcastle are locked in talks with Montpellier over Cabella but hope a new bid of nearer £10m will persuade the Ligue 1 club to sell a player whose representatives have been adamant that he is keen to move to the North East after a glowing testimonial from Yohan Cabaye.

United want further new faces on board in time for the pre-season New Zealand trip and are aiming to sign TWO strikers to add to their threadbare strikeforce of Ayoze Perez, an injured Papiss Cisse and young gun Adam Campbell.

They have a long-standing interest in Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette but like Clement Grenier, there are complications in both of those deals.