Sebastien Bassong expressed his wish to quit Newcastle today via the French newspaper L’Equipe, it has emerged that he is not on the fire sale list circulated by leading agency First Artists who are acting for United.
Indeed the players who United have instructed not to sell include Bassong, Steve Harper, Tim Krul, Fraser Forster, Nicky Butt, Damien Duff, Steven Taylor and Habib Beye.