Magpies keen on Asia friendly March 01 2008
Newcastle could be heading to China this summer for a high-profile friendly against Premier League rivals Tottenham.
Magpies owner Mike Ashley and close friend Paul Kemsley are understood to be in the process of trying to arrange the clash in Beijing ahead of this summer's Olympic Games.
The proposal, which has been run past League chiefs, is being implemented as the debate on controversial plans to play a 39th round of top-flight games overseas rumbles on.
Ashley's Sports Direct group is eyeing the lucrative Chinese market, and his guests at last weekend's 5-1 defeat to Manchester United included several Chinese businessmen.
The Toon have made inroads into the Far East market before, playing games in Hong Kong and Malaysia.