Demba Ba
The Senegalese international was at Newcastle for two seasons and was the clubs leading goalscorer in both campaigns.
The 30-year-old racked up 16 goals for the club in 34 league appearances in the 2011-12 season and 13 goals in 20 appearances in the 2012-13 season before being sold to Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.
Since then he played for Besiktas for the 2014-15 season with an impressive tally of 18 goals in 29 appearances in the Turkish Super Lig and signed for Shanghai Shenhua in June 2015 and has scored 6 times in 11 fixtures in the Chinese top flight.
With his consistency in finding the back of the net, would Ba be the attacker needed to assist in a Tyneside turnaround?
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