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Siem De Jong has opened up about his future at Newcastle United following the club’s relegation to the Sky Bet Championship - and admitted he could be loaned out later this summer.

The Dutch international has endured two tough years at St James’ Park after being plagued by injury, loss of form and non-selection.

His sequence of bad luck has resulted in him failing to get anywhere near the type of form he produced while playing in Holland with Ajax.

At 27, De Jong is reaching the stage of his career where he should be featuring regularly but is already facing a battle for his place at Newcastle if, as expected, Rafa Benitez gets his wish to hold on to the “majority” of the current squad.

De Jong told Fox Sports: “I think about everything.

“If the club says I may be sold or rented out, I look at all the possibilities.”

And while his preferred option would not be a quick return to the Dutch Eredivisie he confessed that a temporary switch back to Ajax could offer him the chance of first team football for a year.

He added: “I’d rather not return to Holland just yet, although Ajax is always an option.

“I want to play again, get into a rhythm.

“It will not be easy for me.

“I hope for a good solution.”