Achraf Lazaar has made an attempt to return to Newcastle United.

Lazaar has offered to return to the club and solve Steve Bruce's left-back problem.

But the former Palermo man has been told to remain training on his own in Sardinia for now, says the Evening Chronicle.

Lazaar is believed to be baffled by United's insistence that he stays away while still picking up around £35,000 per week.

The left-footed player spent last season in Serie B with Coszena where he made a handful of appearances and suffered more injury woe.