The player will return to Tyneside next week to talk to Alan Pardew and Mike Ashley about his future.
The Journal: "Ba has been in the Middle East on a religious pilgrimage but will return to the UK this week and has every intention of reporting for the start of pre-season on July 5.
"Privately, he is understood to favour signing a new long-term deal with Newcastle, but is aware that United are unlikely to make him an offer this summer.
"The club tend to look at re-negotiating contracts in their second year, believing that doing so after 12 months is bad practice.
"The Journal understands that some agents claiming to represent the striker have not even been given a mandate to act on his behalf – hence the confusion surrounding the player.
"There are also lingering concerns over his knee problem, despite a full season in which he didn’t miss a single game for Newcastle."
Ba will start Ramadan on July 19th for a month - ending on August 18th.
EURO 2012
GROUP STAGES
Friday June 8
Poland 1 Greece 1
POLAND: Szczesny, Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch, Murawski, Polanski, Blaszczykowski, Obraniak, Rybus (Tyton 69), Lewandowski.
Goal: Lewandowski 17.
GREECE: Chalkias, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Avraam Papadopoulos (Kyriakos Papadopoulos 36), Holebas, Maniatis, Katsouranis, Karagounis, Ninis (Salpingidis 46), Gekas (Fortounis 68), Samaras.
Goal: Salpingidis 51.
Russia 4 Czech Republic 1
RUSSIA: Malafeev, Aniukov, Berezutsky, Ignashevich, Zhirkov, Shirokov, Denisov, Zyryanov, Dzagoev (Kokorin 84), Kerzhakov (Pavlyuchenko 73), Arshavin.
Goals: Dzagoev 15, Shirokov 24, Dzagoev 79, Pavlyuchenko 82.
CZECH REP: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Hubnik, Sivok, Kadlec, Plasil, Jiracek (Petrzela 75), Pilar, Rosicky, Rezek (Hubschman 46), Baros (Lafata 85).
Goal: Pilar 52.
Saturday June 9
Holland 0 Denmark 1
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel (Kuyt 84), Heitinga, Vlaar, Willems, Van Bommel, Nigel De Jong (Van der Vaart 71), Robben, Sneijder, Afellay (Huntelaar 71), van Persie.
DENMARK: Andersen, Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, Simon Poulsen, Kvist Jorgensen, Zimling, Rommedahl (Mikkelsen 83), Eriksen (Schone 74), Krohn-Delhi, Bendtner.
Goal: Krohn-Delhi 24.
Germany 1 Portugal 0
GERMANY: Neuer, Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller (Bender 90), Ozil (Kroos 87), Podolski, Gomez (Klose 80).
Goal: Gomez 72.
PORUGAL: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Varela 80), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani, Postiga (Nelson Oliveira 70), Ronaldo.
Sunday June 10
Republic of Ireland 1 Croatia 3
REP IRELAND: Given, O'Shea, St. Ledger, Dunne, Ward, McGeady (Cox 54), Whelan, Andrews, Duff, Doyle (Walters 53), Keane (Long 75).
Goal: St. Ledger 19.
CROATIA: Pletikosa, Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic, Vukojevic, Rakitic (Dujmovic 90), Modric, Perisic (Eduardo 89), Mandzukic, Jelavic (Kranjcar 72).
Goals: Mandzukic 3, Jelavic 43, Given 49 og.
Spain 1 Italy 1
SPAIN: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso, Silva (Jesus Navas 65), Fabregas (Torres 74), Iniesta.
Goal: Fabregas 64.
ITALY: Buffon, Chiellini, De Rossi, Bonucci, Giaccherni, Marchisio, Pirlo, Thiago Motta (Nocerino 89), Maggio, Cassano (Giovinco 65), Balotelli (Di Natale 56).
Goal: Di Natale 60.
Monday June 11
France 1 England 1
FRANCE: Lloris, Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Evra, Nasri, Cabaye (Ben Arfa 84), Diarra, Malouda (Martin 84), Ribery, Benzema.
Goal: Nasri 39.
ENGLAND: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker (Henderson 77), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Defoe 77), Young, Welbeck (Walcott 90).
Goal: Lescott 30.
Ukraine 2 Sweden 1
UKRAINE: Pyatov, Gusev, Mykhalyk, Khacheridi, Selin, Yarmolenko, Tymoschuk, Konoplianka (Devic 90), Nazarenko, Voronin (Rotan 84), Shevchenko (Milevskiy 81).
Goals: Shevchenko 55, 62.
SWEDEN: Isaksson, Lustig, Mellberg, Granqvist, Martin Olsson, Elm, Kallstrom, Larsson (Wilhelmsson 69), Ibrahimovic, Toivonen (Svensson 63), Rosenberg (Elmander 71).
Goal: Ibrahimovic 52.
Tuesday June 12
Greece 1 Czech Republic 2
GREECE: Chalkias (Sifakis 23), Torosidis, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Katsouranis, Holebas, Fotakis (Gekas 46), Maniatis, Karagounis, Salpingidis, Samaras, Fortounis (Mitroglou 71).
Goal: Gekas 53.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Sivok, Kadlec, Limbersky, Hubschman, Plasil, Jiracek, Rosicky (Kolar 46), Pilar, Baros (Pekhart 64), Kolar (Rajtoral 90).
Goals: Jiracek 3, Pilar 6.
Poland 1 Russia 1
POLAND: Tyton, Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch, Dudka (Mierzejewski 73), Polanski (Matuszczyk 84), Blaszczykowski, Murawski, Obraniak (Brozek 90), Lewandowski.
Goal: Blaszczykowski 57.
RUSSIA: Malafeev, Aniukov, Berezutsky, Ignashevich, Zhirkov, Shirokov, Denisov, Zyryanov, Dzagoev (Izmailov 79), Kerzhakov (Pavlyuchenko 70), Arshavin.
Goals: Dzagoev 37.
Wednesday June 13
Portugal 3 Denmark 2
DENMARK:k Andersen, Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, Simon Poulsen, Kvist Jorgensen, Zimling (Jakob Poulsen 17), Rommedahl (Mikkelsen 60), Eriksen, Krohn-Delhi (Schone 90), Bendtner.
Goals: Bendtner 41, 80.
PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Varela 84), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani (Rolando 89), Postiga (Nelson Oliveira 64), Ronaldo.
Goals: Pepe 24, Postiga 36, Varela 87.
Holland 1 Germany 2
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Willems, Nigel De Jong, Van Bommel (Van der Vaart 46), Robben (Kuyt 83), Sneijder, Afellay (Huntelaar 46), van Persie.
Goal: van Persie 73.
GERMANY: Neuer, Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller (Bender 90), Ozil (Kroos 81), Podolski, Gomez (Klose 72).
Goals: Gomez 24, 38.
Thursday June 14
Italy 1 Croatia 1
ITALY: Buffon, Bonucci, De Rossi, Chiellini, Maggio, Marchisio, Pirlo, Thiago Motta (Montolivo 62), Giaccherni, Balotelli (Di Natale 69), Cassano (Giovinco 83).
Goal: Pirlo 39.
CROATIA: Pletikosa, Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic, Rakitic, Vukojevic, Modric, Perisic (Pranjic 68), Jelavic (Eduardo 83), Mandzukic (Kranjcar 90).
Goal: Mandzukic 72.
Spain 4 Republic of Ireland 0
SPAIN: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso (Javi Martinez 65), Silva, Torres (Fabregas 74), Iniesta (Santi Cazorla 79).
Goals: Torres 4, Silva 49, Torres 70, Fabregas 83.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Given, O'Shea, St. Ledger, Dunne, Ward, Duff (McClean 76), Andrews, Whelan (Green 80), McGeady, Cox (Walters 46), Keane.
Friday June 15
Ukraine 0 France 2
UKRAINE: Pyatov, Gusev, Mykhalyk, Khacheridi, Selin, Yarmolenko (Aliev 68), Tymoschuk, Nazarenko (Milevskiy 60), Konoplianka, Shevchenko, Voronin (Devic 46).
FRANCE: Lloris, Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Clichy, Diarra, Cabaye (M'Vila 68), Menez (Martin 73), Nasri, Ribery, Benzema (Giroud 75).
Goals: Menez 53, Cabaye 56.
Sweden 2 England 3
SWEDEN: Isaksson, Granqvist (Lustig 66), Mellberg, Jonas Olsson, Martin Olsson, Larsson, Svensson, Kallstrom, Elm (Wilhelmsson 81), Ibrahimovic, Elmander (Rosenberg 79).
Goals: Mellberg 49, 59.
ENGLAND: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner (Walcott 60), Parker, Gerrard, Young, Carroll, Welbeck (Oxlade-Chamberlain 89).
Goals: Carroll 23, Walcott 64, Welbeck 78.
Saturday June 16
Czech Republic 1 Poland 0
CZECH REPUBLIC: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Sivok, Kadlec, Limbersky, Hubschman, Plasil, Jiracek (Rajtoral 83), Kolar, Pilar (Rezek 87), Baros (Pekhart 90).
Goal: Jiracek 72.
POLAND: Tyton, Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch, Dudka, Polanski (Grosicki 56), Blaszczykowski, Murawski (Mierzejewski 73), Obraniak (Brozek 73), Lewandowski.
Greece 1 Russia 0
GREECE: Sifakis, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Tzavelas, Katsouranis, Maniatis, Salpingidis (Ninis 82), Karagounis (Makos 67), Samaras, Gekas (Holebas 64).
Goal: Karagounis 45.
RUSSIA: Malafeev, Aniukov (Izmailov 81), Berezutsky, Ignashevich, Zhirkov, Shirokov, Denisov, Glushakov (Pogrebnyak 72), Dzagoev, Kerzhakov (Pavlyuchenko 46), Arshavin.
Sunday June 17
Portugal 2 Holland 1
PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Custodio 72), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani (Rolando 87), Postiga (Nelson Oliveira 64), Ronaldo.
Goals: Ronaldo 28, 74.
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Willems (Afellay 67), Mathijsen, Vlaar, Van Der Wiel, Van der Vaart, Nigel De Jong, Sneijder, van Persie, Robben, Huntelaar.
Goal: Van der Vaart 11.
Denmark 1 Germany 2
DENMARK: Andersen, Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, Simon Poulsen, Kvist Jorgensen, Eriksen, Jakob Poulsen (Mikkelsen 82), Zimling (Christian Poulsen 78), Krohn-Delhi, Bendtner.
Goal: Krohn-Delhi 25.
GERMANY: Neuer, Bender, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller (Kroos 84), Ozil, Podolski (Schurrle 64), Gomez (Klose 74).
Goals: Podolski 19, Bender 80.
Monday June 18
Italy 2 Republic of Ireland 0
ITALY: Buffon, Abate, Barzagli, Chiellini (Bonucci 57), Balzaretti, Pirlo, Marchisio, Thiago Motta, De Rossi, Di Natale (Balotelli 74), Cassano (Diamanti 62).
Goals: Cassano 36, Balotelli 90.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Given, O'Shea, Dunne, St. Ledger, Ward, McGeady (Long 65), Whelan, Andrews, Duff, Keane (Cox 86), Doyle (Walters 76).
Croatia 0 Spain 1
CROATIA: Pletikosa, Vida (Jelavic 66), Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic, Vukojevic (Eduardo 81), Rakitic, Srna, Modric, Pranjic (Perisic 66), Mandzukic.
SPAIN: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi (Negredo 89), Busquets, Alonso, Silva (Fabregas 73), Torres (Jesus Navas 60), Iniesta.
Goal: Jesus Navas 88.
Tuesday June 19
Sweden 2 France 0
SWEDEN: Isaksson, Granqvist, Mellberg, J Olsson, M Olsson, Svensson (Holmen 77), Kallstrom, Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Bajrami (Wilhelmsson 45), Toivonen (Wernbloom 77).
Scores: Ibrahimovic 54, Larsson 90+1
FRANCE: Lloris; Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Clichy; Nasri (Menez 77), Diarra , M’Vila (Giroud 83), Ben Arfa
England 1 Ukraine 0
ENGLAND: Hart, Johnson, Cole, Terry, Lescott, Gerrard, Young, Milner (Walcott 70′), Parker, Rooney (Oxlade-Chamberlain 87′), Welbeck (Carroll 82′)
Goal: Rooney 48
UKRAINE: Pyatov, Selin, Hacherydy, Rakitskiy, Husyev, Tymoshchuk, Harmash (Nazarenko 78′), Yarmolenko, Konoplyanka, Milevskiy (Butko 77′), Dević (Shevchenko 70)
QUARTER-FINALS
Thursday June 21
Czech Republic 0 Portugal 1
CZECH REPUBLIC: Cech, Gebre Selassie, Sivok, Kadlec, Limbersky, Hubschman (Pekhart 86), Plasil, Jiracek, Darida (Rezek 61), Pilar, Baros.
PORTUGAL: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Pepe, Bruno Alves, Fabio Coentrao, Meireles (Rolando 88), Veloso, Joao Moutinho, Nani (Custodio 84), Postiga (Almeida 39), Ronaldo.
Goal: Ronaldo 79
Friday June 22
Germany 4 Greece 2
GERMANY: Neuer, Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Reus (Gotze 80), Ozil, Schurrle (Muller 67), Klose (Gomez 79).
Goals: Lahm 39, Khedira 61, Klose 68, Reus 74.
GREECE: Sifakis, Torosidis, Papastathopoulos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Tzavelas (Fotakis 46), Makos (Liberopoulos 71), Maniatis, Ninis (Gekas 46), Katsouranis, Samaras, Salpingidis.
Goals: Samaras 55, Salpingidis 89 pen.
Saturday June 23
Spain 2 France 0
SPAIN: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso, Silva (Pedro 65), Fabregas (Torres 67), Iniesta (Santi Cazorla 84).
Goals: Alonso 19, 90 pen.
FRANCE: Lloris, Reveillere, Rami, Koscielny, Clichy, M'Vila (Giroud 79), Debuchy (Menez 64), Cabaye, Malouda (Nasri 64), Ribery, Benzema.
Sunday June 24
England 0 Italy 0 (Italy win 4-2 on pens)
ENGLAND: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner (Walcott 61), Gerrard, Parker (Henderson 94), Young, Rooney, Welbeck (Carroll 60).
ITALY: Buffon, Abate (Maggio 90), Barzagli, Bonucci, Balzaretti, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Rossi (Nocerino 80), Montolivo, Balotelli, Cassano (Diamanti 78).
SEMI-FINALS
Wednesday June 27
Donetsk, SF1: PORTUGAL v SPAIN (1945)
Thursday June 28
Warsaw, SF2: GERMANY v ITALY (1945)
FINAL
Sunday July 1
Kiev: Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 (1945)