Newcastle midfielder Saivet nears Bursaspor loan

Newcastle midfielder Henri Saivet is close to completing a loan move to Bursaspor after passing his medical.

The Turkish club posted footage of the 27-year-old undergoing tests on its official Twitter Thursday morning accompanied by the message: “@Saivet_Henri passed through health check.”

Saivet joined the Magpies from French side Bordeaux in January 2016, but spent the 2016-17 season on loan at St-Etienne and the second half of last season at Sivasspor in Turkey after failing to force his way into manager Rafael Benitez’s plans.

He has made just eight senior appearances for Newcastle, the last of them in a 3-0 Premier League defeat at Chelsea in January.