The former Marseille player Loïc Remy (26 years) is about to join the Frenchies colony of Newcastle. “I think we are very close to an agreement, confided this weekend Joe Kinnear, sportive director of the Magpies. I think Monday or Tuesday, we will be able to say yes or no but I am very pleased with the way the negotiations are currently going on. “

Transferred to QPR in January, the French striker would have arrived in Newcastle on Monday for medical examination, announces Sky Sports. If he meets the expectations of the club during the tests, the player originally from Martinique will leave Queens Park Rangers, relegated to the second division. Remy played 14 Premier League games and scored six goals with the Hoops jersey.

In addition, Joe Kinnear said he always wanted to recruit the Franco-Senegalese Bafé Gomis on departure from Lyon.