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Taarabt sparks £10m chase after midfielder reveals he's ready to call time on QPR
By JOE BERNSTEIN
Last updated at 11:29 AM on 19th June 2011
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Adel Taarabt is spoiling for a move to Newcastle and insists newly-promoted QPR are not good enough to stay in the Premier League.
Contract talks between the skilful midfielder and the club have broken down and the 22-year-old wants to leave. But he will do so under a cloud if he is sold after tipping QPR for relegation in their first season back in the top flight.
‘They want me to stay four years on the same terms,’ said Taarabt about the club who revived his reputation after a tough time at Tottenham. ‘I don’t want to sign for four years then after one year I am going to be back in The Championship.
Ace Adel: Taarabt was voted the best player in the Championship last season
‘No disrespect, but if we keep the same players, it will be very difficult to stay in the Premier League when you are playing Manchester United and Chelsea.’
Taarabt had already talked of his ambitions to join Chelsea or Arsenal but seems to have settled for Newcastle.
Alan Pardew had a £5million bid for him rejected in January and is re-building after the sales of Englishmen Andy Carroll, to Liverpool in January, and Kevin Nolan to West Ham last week.
Newcastle have already brought in Demba Ba and Sylvain Marveaux but will have to find £10m for Taarabt and offer an attractive pay deal.
‘I helped QPR win promotion but they will not offer me a better contract,’ said Taarabt, who was voted the best player in the Championship last season. ‘They say I am already on big wages.’
Taarabt’s contract runs until 2013 but it is believed there is a break clause that could be activated by the Moroccan next summer.
However,
he claimed QPR have had offers but have told him they will only let him go for £10m.
‘It’s a lot of money because I have not been successful yet in the Premier League,’ he said. ‘But when Rangers sell me, they have to give 40 per cent of the fee to Tottenham, my first club.’
Despite interest from Paris St-Germain and Juventus,
Taarabt wants to stay in the Premier League.
He said: ‘Why should I go to France and play some games in front of 7,000 people? I like it in England. The stadiums are full all the time.
‘I understand that QPR have changed my life. People had almost forgotten me when I joined from Tottenham. But I don’t think they are being fair to me.’
Pardew is a long-time admirer of Taarabt and can be expected to reenter the race for a player who has the ability that could make him a fans’ favourite at St James’ Park. He has often been likened to former Newcastle hero Paul Gascoigne.
Although he speaks good English, having joined Spurs as a 17-year-old, Taarabt would feel at home among the increasing number of French speakers at Newcastle.
He said: ‘People say Newcastle will be good for me, that the fans love players like me. It is fantastic to play in front of 50,000 supporters every week. I do not need one of the very big clubs at this stage in my career.
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what's he gonna be like in the PL?