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Nicolai Jorgensen is believed to be keen on the challenge of leading Newcastle United to Premier League survival.

The Feyenoord star is aware of the Magpies’ interest after a £14million was submitted for his services at the end of last week, but the two clubs are yet to come to any agreement on a final price.

Jorgensen has been linked with a move to the Premier League before with Everton considering a move for the Danish international last summer, although the Chronicle understands that the 27-year-old’s attention has been caught by a possible move to lead the line for Newcastle.

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His salary demands shouldn’t be an issue for United yet they are likely to have to cough up £20million and break the club’s transfer record which dates back to 2005 when £16million was handed to Real Madrid for Michael Owen during the Freddy Shepherd era.

Jorgensen’s arrival wouldn’t spark the same type of excitement as Owen, who ultimately proved to be a letdown overall, but he could go easily go on to be a bigger success than the former England and Liverpool star.

Feyenoord are receptive to a January sale after recently signing Robin van Persie and the fact that they aren’t in with a serious shout of winning the Dutch Eredivisie this term with the Rotterdam outfit 17 points behind leaders PSV Eindhoven.

And Feyenoord are pretty much resigned to losing the striker with the club’s sporting director Martin Van Geel commenting last summer: “It is possible that we lose him, but on the other hand, we try to keep our players [for] as long as possible, knowing what the situation is.

“We are not stupid and we know it can happen, but we have a vision of transfers, where we extend contracts at the right time.”

Jorgensen has suggested in the past he can handle the heat of stepping up a level after stepping up from playing in the Danish League to regular outings in Holland.

He said: “Many people did not know me when I signed with Feyenoord.

“That 3.5 million euros was still a tough price for an unknown footballer.

“The expectations were quite high because the club had paid a substantial transfer fee for me.

“I was not cheap.

“Then people have something like: they have to be able to do something.”