Standard Liege defender Oguchi Onyewu wants a return to the Premiership after last season's loan spell at Newcastle.

The USA international has been linked with Reading and Middlesbrough in recent weeks and said: "My hopes and plans are to remain in the Premier League.

"Right now, it's just a question of seeing which teams are in need of a central defender. It's a little early in the transfer market.

"Any chance that you get to play in the Premier League in front of fans like that and with the caliber of players I was playing with and against, it's always a benefit. There's never a regret."