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Emmanuel Riviere has returned to Newcastle United with little prospect of Osasuna trying to make their season-long loan move a permanent deal next season.

Riviere was sent home by Osasuna without taking part in their final training session of the season on Monday – a warm-down and de-brief that followed their disastrous relegation from La Liga.

The club are facing a major rebuild job in the Segunda Division and have already confirmed that they are not interested in taking up the buy-out option negotiated in Riviere’s clause, who has now failed to score for the second successive season.

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His return comes after Siem de Jong returned to Newcastle last week – with PSV Eindhoven not interested in exercising their option to buy the Holland forward.

Riviere has no part to play in Rafa Benitez’s plans for the Premier League and is one of a number of players that the club will be looking to move on in the summer.

That may be easier said than done. As they found with Yoan Gouffran two years ago, it can be difficult to find new clubs for players on lucrative deals and Riviere has another year left on the long-term deal signed when he made his £6million switch from Monaco in 2014. Another loan move is a possibility.

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Newcastle will release Haris Vuckic and Sammy Ameobi this summer while Vurnon Anita and Yoan Gouffran are also out-of-contract and facing uncertain futures.