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Newcastle United’s hopes of signing Daniel Sturridge have been dented due to the striker’s wage demands.

The Magpies looked into signing the England international on loan but the Liverpool man is on around £120,000 per week.

Newcastle’s top earner is Jonjo Shelvey on £80,000 per week and with United already trying to move on Jack Colback, Massadio Haidara, Mo Diame and Henri Saivet they would have to free up some of their wage bill in order to take on another big salary.

Sturridge is also wanted by Southampton with the Saints looking to Sturridge to help re-ignite their campaign.

Newcastle also enquired about Danny Ings at the start of the month but were told the player wants to fight for his place at Liverpool before assessing his situation later in January.

In Benitez’s last Press conference he responded to questions about incoming deals and said: “We are working hard to be ready, but at the moment, I don’t know.

“It’s an important month for the club, not just this week.”