Ghana international Christian Atsu has been farmed out on loan again by Chelsea.
According to skysports, the Black Stars winger who has been deemed surplus to requirement at Stamford Bridge after failing to impress Anthony Conte will move to Newcastle on loan with with an option to make the move permanent.
Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez wants the former Porto winger to replace Andros Townsend who moved to Crystal Palace.
Atsu joined the Blues in a £3.5million switch from Porto in September 2013 but is yet to make a senior appearance for the club and has been loaned out to Vitesse Arnhem, Everton, Bournemouth and Malaga.
Below is skysports' tweet announcing the move:
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BREAKING: Newcastle have agreed a deal with Chelsea to take Christian Atsu on loan with option to buy next summer https://t.co/gT4XPP4pwp
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 29, 2016 " data-iframe-title="Twitter Tweet" data-dt-full="%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}" data-dt-months="Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec" data-dt-am="AM" data-dt-pm="PM" data-dt-now="now" data-dt-s="s" data-dt-m="m" data-dt-h="h" data-dt-second="second" data-dt-seconds="seconds" data-dt-minute="minute" data-dt-minutes="minutes" data-dt-hour="hour" data-dt-hours="hours" data-dt-abbr="%{number}%{symbol}" data-dt-short="%{day} %{month}" data-dt-long="%{day} %{month} %{year}" data-scribe="page:tweet" data-twitter-event-id="1">" data-tweet-id="770327428086521856" data-scribe="section:subject">BREAKING: Newcastle have agreed a deal with Chelsea to take Christian Atsu on loan with option to buy next summer https://t.co/gT4XPP4pwp
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 29, 2016
BREAKING: Newcastle have agreed a deal with Chelsea to take Christian Atsu on loan with option to buy next summerskysports.tv/xVHd9l