The 24-year-old, currently coming up to the end of a season-long loan at West Ham, has flopped since moving from Newcastle to Liverpool for a massive £35million, and hopes a return to his old club can rekindle the kind of form that saw the Reds fork out that kind of money for him.
This would come as a welcome boost to Newcastle, who may be set to lose a whole host of star players at the end of the season, after a disappointing campaign in which they unexpectedly found themselves in a relegation fight.
Having fought for a top four place last year, several big names such as Yohan Cabaye, Hatem Ben Arfa and Tim Krul are said to be disappointed with how things have gone for the club, and are not short of potential suitors elsewhere.