Newcastle United will cash in on Adam Armstrong if Blackburn Rovers decide to sell him in January.
Armstrong is one of the leading scorers in England after netting 11 goals in 10 Championship games with Blackburn, and Rovers CEO Steve Waggott claims that it could take a bid of up to £30million to entice the former Premier League champions to sell the Geordie striker.
The sale of the Toon Academy product was sanctioned by Rafa Benitez in 2018 and a fee of just £1.7million plus the sell on fee persuaded the ex-Liverpool manager to offload Armstrong.
Speaking to Lancs Live, Waggott said: "We got a good price, albeit with a big sell-on, but he does what it says on the tin.
"When he's at it, he's a prolific goalscorer and I would think if any offers came in, it will be for Armstrong.
"Goalscorers keep you in jobs, don't they? They keep managers in jobs, they keep the fans happy and Blackburn had another decent Geordie striker when they won the Premier League way back, didn't they?
"If he can get anywhere near him he'd have had a decent career."
Armstrong has bagged 47 goals for Rovers in an initial loan spell and his permanent move with two years left of his current deal.
Waggott said: "I think first we'd need to get an official offer from the club and if say for example Leeds United phoned us up in late December, early January saying we have £25m-£30m for Adam Armstrong then I would say to the owners here's an offer we need to consider.
"But the key is, who is coming in for Adam Amrstrong if you sell him?
"How are you going to use the £30m?
"Yes you could use some towards operational losses but how are you going to build out from losing a player of that magnitude?
"At the moment, if you took him out you'd probably say our promotion prospects would be vastly diminished."
Rovers would not specify the percentage of the sell-on fee included in Armstrong's 2018 move to Lancashire.
