Romain Amalfitano’s future is looking increasingly uncertain after he was included as the only senior player in an under-21 party which travelled to Cambridge for their 100th anniversary celebrations.
Amalfitano’s Newcastle career has never really got started and Pardew’s decision not to utilise the French midfielder during his recent injury crises was particularly telling.
Now the former Reims man looks set to return to France in the summer as part of the squad overhaul that is being prepared by United.