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Newcastle are closing in on Bafetimbi Gomis, thanks to their hardball tactics with Lyon.

Just days after rejecting Toon’s £7m bid, the French club are ready to perform a major u-turn by accepting the take-it-or-leave-it offer for the unsettled striker.

With Gomis claiming to have already agreed personal terms believed to be in the region of £45,000-a-week to move to the Magpies, cash-strapped Lyon are set to remove the final obstacle to Newcastle finally breaking their summer transfer duck.

Despite competition for Gomis from Aston Villa, the Geordies were prepared to bide their time until the end of the transfer window - believing their offer for the 27-year-old to be above the going rate for a player with less than 12 months left on his contract.

They now hope to seal the deal before Tuesday’s pre-season match away to Scottish side Rangers.

Backing Newcastle’s tough stance on transfers, manager Alan Pardew insisted: “We’re not concerned about any of our targets slipping away - we will pay what we think is the right price.

“I’m hoping something happens before Rangers. I think that’s a realistic deadline.

“We’ve always managed to get somebody over the line and I think we will this time.”

Newcastle are also holding talks this week with Villa's Darren Bent and Loic Remy of QPR in a bid to further strengthen their attacking options.

Pardew added: “They’re very much on the radar.”