Fee wanted for Faye

NEWCASTLE chairman Freddy Shepherd has told Portsmouth counterpart Milan Mandaric to put up the money if he wants to re-sign Senegal international midfielder Amady Faye.

New Pompey boss Harry Redknapp has put the African close to the top of his shopping list as he attempts to rebuild for a Barclays Premiership survival campaign in January.

However, talk of a loan deal has been scotched by Shepherd, who insisted he would only consider a cash offer for a player who arrived on Tyneside from Fratton Park in January this year.