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Benitez suggests Haidara and Saivet could stay at Newcastle

Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez reacts during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Newcastle United at Etihad Stadium on January 20...
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Newcastle United duo Massadio Haidara and Henri Saivet have been linked with moves away in the January transfer window.

Newcastle United's Spanish manager Rafael Benitez shouts instructions to his players from the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Newcastle...

Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez has suggested to The Chronicle that Massadio Haidara and Henri Saivet could remain at the club beyond the January transfer window.

Defender Haidara and midfielder Saivet both have been linked with moves away from Newcastle in the January transfer window.

Chelsea's Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard (L) vies with Newcastle United's French defender Massadio Haidara during the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Chelsea and...

Dutch outlet AD recently reported of Eredivisie club FC Utrecht’s club interest in the 25-year-old left-back (click here to read more), who has been on the books of the Magpies since January 2013.

French publication L’Equipe has credited Montpellier with interest in signing 27-year-old midfielder (click here to read more), who joined Newcastle from Bordeaux in January 2016 for a transfer fee reported by The Daily Mail to be worth £4.5 million.

Newcastle United's Senegalese midfielder Henri Saivet (L) celebrates with teammates after scoring their first goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United...

Newcastle manager Benitez has suggested that left-back Haidara and midfielder Saivet could stay at St. James’ Park.

“It is very difficult that they will leave,” Benitez told The Chronicle about Haidara and Saivet.

Newcastle are 15th in the Premier League table at the moment with 23 points from 24 matches, just a point above the relegation zone.

The Magpies will return to action on Wednesday evening when they take on Burnley at St. James’ Park in the Premier League.