Alan Pardew: “Demba’s an emotional person – it isn’t all about money.
“It might be nice for the fans to make him want to stay – I think he’ll respond to that.
“He took a chance on us, and we took a chance on him.
"It would be nice in the final few home games to have a tidal wave of emotion to make him to stay. It would hurt him to leave, and we want him to stay.”
But there is bad news for Toon fans ... Ba’s favourite strawberry syrup (shipped in from his native France by the club’s shop) has sold out.