Loic Remy celebrates his goal (Picture: AP)

Loic Remy has rocked Newcastle by suggesting he may desert the Toon Army if they fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

The French striker is currently on a season-long loan with the Magpies and is their top scorer with ten goals in 19 appearances.

But he has admitted he may be on the move again in the summer as he misses playing Champions League football with former club Marseille.

The 26-year-old forward was signed by the Hoops in January last year for £8million but was unable to score the goals to keep them in the Premier League.


He was loaned to Newcastle before the start of the current season but the Evening Chronicle report him dropping a New Year’s Eve bombshell.



When asked about his future, Remy said: ‘I’m sorry, I don’t know. At the moment I don’t know. The president of QPR may want to keep me next season.’

Rangers are in the mix for automatic promotion from the Championship and will want Remy’s experience if they make an immediate return to the top flight.

If manager Harry Redknapp does decide to sell Remy to raise funds for other targets, the forward is certain to raise a substantial fee.

Remy added: ‘I miss the Champions League. It is a very special competition. Next season I can play the Champions League again.

‘We will see what happens, if I stay here or if we play in the Champions League.’

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Alan Pardew hopes Remy can be persuaded to stay (Picture: Getty Images)

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew believes his star striker would be making a mistake if he leaves, however.

He insists the Magpies have the money to sign Remy on a permanent basis and told Absolute Radio’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Football Show: ‘He has been terrific, he is a lovely young boy.

‘I think he has got great technical ability, and he is going to have a great career in the Premier League for sure.

‘And hopefully with us, we feel we can sign him, we have the finance to do that, but of course probably at the end of the year, Loic and his agent and his representatives will decide where his future is.

‘50,000 Geordies, there is not a lot of clubs who can beat that. That’s what I say to my players. They think the grass is greener, and we have lost some good players in this football club.

‘Joey Barton moved on, Andy Carroll, and actually you have to argue, have they moved onto better clubs?

‘Because when they were here they were absolutely terrific for us, and I think sometimes the grass isn’t always greener as we know.’

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