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Newcastle United are understood to have enquired about Fulham star Tom Cairney.

However, the Cottagers aren’t keen to sell the midfielder and are in control of the player’s destiny as he has two years left to run on his current deal.

Cairney joined Fulham from Blackburn Rovers for £3.5million in 2015 but after the 25-year-old made a success of the move, the Cottagers want a huge fee for the central midfielder.

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Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic recently said: “Tom Cairney is so important to us.

“He makes us tick and he shows he can do damage to teams. I’m going to guarantee he’s going to stay with us.”

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It means that United may have to look elsewhere in what is proving to be a testing transfer window.

When asked about transfers Rafa Benitez said in his latest Press conference: “Hopefully I will talk with Lee Charnley in the next couple of days.

“We will see if we can get any movement or good news this week.”

But an injury to Aleksandar Mitrovic will not alter his thinking in the January window.

He added: “I don’t know if it could be long term; for us it doesn’t change too much in terms of our decisions.

“We’ll see how long.

“In terms of what we were thinking before, it’s the same situation.”