Former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino has questioned Newcastle United's pursuit of Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Cascarino believes the deal would be an unwise one for Newcastle as Aubameyang would not do the under-fire club a 'favour'.

"He's someone who is not in the Arsenal first-team, let's get that right," Cascarino told talkSPORT.

"Do you want a player who is going to show commitment, running, doing all the ugly stuff in the game that you're going to need to survive? Does he do that very well? I'd say that's the worst part of his game.

"Is he a quality footballer that can turn a game in a moment? At his best, yes. But when has he last done that regularly? Not very often this season, even towards the end of last season.

"I don't see this deal being a good one for Newcastle at all.

"I think it will be more of an air of is Aubameyang doing Newcastle a favour and I probably think, no, he's not going to be doing them a favour."