Cheick Tiote's future with Newcastle United is set to be settled this week.

The Evening Chronicle says Steve McClaren is expected to speak to Tiote this week to clear up his future.

McClaren is well aware of Tiote's capabilities from their time together at FC Twente, but the player has recently changed agent and at 29 he knows time is running out on his hopes of one last big move.

Sources close to the player have suggested he could be prepared to quit Newcastle this summer with Turkish side Trabzonspor already credited with interest in the battling midfield man.