Sir Alex Ferguson offered Brown to Tottenham in a part-exchange deal for Dimitar Berbatov.
But Tottenham manager Juande Ramos has ruled out any possibility of his striker leaving the club during next month's transfer window.
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And rumour from Manchester is that Brown would love a move to Newcastle to team with former mates Alan Smith and Nicky Butt.
Ramos: "There is no chance Berbatov will leave in January. On the contrary, we need Berbatov because if we want to reach our objectives we need a player of his class.
"I can only tell you that Berbatov is a great player and with so little money it's impossible to take him.
"They have to put a lot of money on the table and many good players to compensate for the quality of Berbatov.
"Dimitar for us is a player who is not for sale. It will be very difficult, very complicated for anyone to take him."