Newcastle look to tie Danny Simpson to new five-year deal as QPR prepare £1.5m bid

Danny Simpson (Getty Images)

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By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent

Queens Park Rangers have made a swoop for Newcastle United right-back Danny Simpson, Goal.com can reveal.

The newly-promoted Premier League club are ready to offer £1.5 million for the 24-year-old, who is currently locked in contract talks with Newcastle.

Simpson has two years to run on his contract and is weighing up the offer of a new five-year deal that would tie him to St James’ Park until 2016.

QPR made a recent enquiry for the defender, who is highly rated by manager Neil Warnock and is viewed as the kind of Premier League-calibre player who can be relied upon in the club’s return to the top-flight next season.

Simpson has established himself as Newcastle’s first-choice right-back over the last two seasons after initially impressing in a loan spell with the club.

The Manchester United academy graduate, who made only three first-team appearances at Old Trafford before loan spells with Royal Antwerp, Sunderland, Ipswich Town and Blackburn Rovers, has been tipped as a future England international in some quarters.