Newcastle United star Demba Ba could be set for a dramatic summer exit, according to West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan.
Sullivan has revealed a clause in Ba’s contract could see Newcastle losing their star man. The Senegalese striker’s move from West Ham last summer included a £7m release clause.
Another clause in the contract means Ba would receive half of any fee involved, leaving Newcastle not only without their prized asset, but short changed as well.
"They keep denying it, but I think you'll see in the summer he will leave Newcastle or he'll get a monstrous rise to stay there," said Sullivan.
"I'm told he's got a £7m get-out clause and he gets half the money of that. If they get about £4m, half will go to him. So if they sell him for £7m, they'll only get about three because they paid his agent £2m to get him out of here."
Sullivan’s revelation will no doubt have alerted top clubs all over Europe. Ba has had an exceptional first season on Tyneside and has seen his stock rise rapidly.
Punters who like to bet on the Premiership top scorer had looked beyond Ba at the start of the season.
But the 26-year-old has gone on to score 16 of Newcastle United’s 36 Premier League goals and has a big role to play if the club are to sustain a push for European football.
The Magpies have surprised everybody this season and despite beginning the season outsiders in the soccer betting for a European spot currently sit just one point away from a Champions League place with 13 games to go.
Alan Pardew will be hoping the 5-0 mauling at the hands of high-flying Tottenham Hotspur does not derail their season.
Pardew knows the all-Senegalese partnership of Ba and Papiss Demba Cisse holds the key to success. Not just this season, but for the foreseeable future as well.
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