Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is still keen on Turkish international Mevlut Erding but only if he is desperate to play his football at St James' Park. However, the Paris St Germain frontman has indicated he wants to stay in France amid a row over bonuses.
Pardew told the Journal: "It's quite easy for me: if the boy wants to stay at his club and be third choice and doesn't want to come to Newcastle, then I don't want him because Newcastle, for me, are a bigger club.
"I'm not being disrespectful and I know that Paris St Germain are in the Champions League, but with our stadium, our support and the squad we have got, we are the bigger club.
"We have to be careful. Some of the things being quoted are not from him and we have got to cut through it. It's difficult to criticise the player because sometimes it's the agent or someone else not getting what he wants."
