Newcastle may end up with money to spend, allowing them to join the clamour for Anderson, if Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali or Brazilian talisman Bruno Guimaraes move on. They have been linked with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd.
Waddle added on potential sales and the fees that could be generated – allowing Magpies boss Eddie Howe to reinvest elsewhere: “In the transfer market today you’re looking at £70-80 million for a player like Sandro Tonali or Bruno Guimaraes, let’s be honest, but probably a bit more in actual fact.
“Playing for Newcastle at their ages, you’d be looking for around £80-90 million if somebody wants to pay that for him, then it’s up to the lads whether they want to leave, but Newcastle don’t need to sell them.
“They’re all on good, long-term contracts. The only way they’d sell him is if the player decides he wants to go and starts acting up and we don’t want to see that again.
“If players like Tonali and Bruno have had enough of it on Tyneside, they should come out and say it. Tell the fans and be honest and say after the World Cup, I want to move. I want to leave. Put it out there. Let the fans react to the facts. Don’t do it in a sneaky way.
“If somebody puts a bid in for you and the club accepts it, that’s a different story. But if you want to leave, just say it.”