Newcastle United fire sale: How much are the players worth?

Joey Barton. Cost £5.8m from Manchester City in June 2007. Value now £1m. BS: ‘Someone will take him and think they can tame him. Perhaps a club that just survived last year. But, if anyone gives more than £1m, they must be brain dead.’ Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

Fabrizio Coloccini. Cost £10.3m from Deportivo in August last year. Value now £5m. BS: ‘Well known on the continent and did well in Spain in the past. Always going to be a market for him but no more than 50% of what Newcastle paid because of his salary.’ Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

José Enrique. Cost £6.5m from Villarreal in August 2007. Value now £4m. BS: ‘Not much for him in the Premier League. He will probably go back to Spain because they rate him there but Newcastle won’t get their money back.’ Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA

Kevin Nolan. Cost £4m from Bolton in January 2009. Value now £2m-£3m. BS: ‘Did really well at Bolton. Good, honest player and always a home for him here but Newcastle might have to lose some money because of top-heavy wages.’ Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Reuters

Sébastien Bassong. Cost £500,000 from Metz in July last year. Value now £5m. BS: ‘Definitely buyers. Had a good season and you would have to be talking about £5m. Likely to be lots of interest in Bassong outside the Premier League’s top four.’ Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

Jonas Gutierrez. Cost £7m from Real Mallorca in July last year. Value now £5m-£6m. BS: ‘Thought he did well last year and, depending on the salary, Newcastle will get decent money for him – maybe as high as £6m. Could get a club here or abroad.’ Photograph: Daniel Hambury/Empics

Alan Smith. Cost £6m from Manchester United in August 2007. Value now £1m. BS: ‘Give him away. Newcastle over paid. He’s had a few injuries and it’s such a shame his career has gone nowhere. No one knows whether he’s a midfielder or striker now.’ Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Obafemi Martins. Cost £10m from Internazionale in August 2006. Value now £5m. BS: ‘Won’t get what they want for him because of his salary. But Martins will get a club in England or on the continent and it wouldn’t surprise me if someone paid £5m.’ Photograph: John Walton/Empics

Xisco. Cost £5.7m from Deportivo La Coruña in August 2008. Value now £2.5m. BS ‘Not much hope here. I think the Cisco Kid’s future probably lies in films. The best Newcastle can hope for is about €3m from a club back in Spain.’ Photograph: Ian Horrocks/Newcastle Utd via Getty Images

Nicky Butt. Cost £2.5m from Manchester United in July 2004. Value now Free. BS: ‘No chance of getting a fee. I would have thought he could do a job at a newly promoted club, someone like Wolves. But his salary will be a problem.’ Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

Steven Taylor. Cost Trainee. Value now £3m-£4m. BS: ‘Would he want to move having been at the club all of his career? Looked like being a real player two years ago. Deserves to be in the Premier League and could interest middle-of-the-road clubs.’ Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian

Damien Duff. Cost £5m from Chelsea in August 2006. Value now £2m-£3m. BS ‘Duff is 30 now but Robbie Savage was the same age when he went for £3m. Will have buyers and a Harry Redknapp or Martin O’Neill could resurrect his career.’ Photograph: Paul Thomas/AP