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WEST HAM co-owner David Sullivan has warned Newcastle that ace striker Demba Ba could leave for £7million — and they might get just £3m.

Sullivan believes the former Hammers hotshot will also pocket HALF of anything the Toon get over that £7m fee.

Newcastle chiefs refuse to admit if the 17-goal ace is allowed to quit St James' Park on the cheap.

But Sullivan, who let Ba go for nothing last summer after signing him for around £500,000 in January 2011, said: "I'm told he's got a £7m get-out clause at Newcastle and he gets half the money over that.

"They keep denying it but you'll see in the summer he will leave — or he'll get a monstrous rise to stay there.

"So if they sell him for £7m, they'll only net about £3m because they paid his agent £2m to get him out of here.

"Getting £3m is not bad but for a player of his quality, it's not fantastic."

Ba quit Hammers after they were relegated last season thanks to a clause in his contract when he moved from German's Hoffenheim to East London.

And Sullivan admitted it was one of the worst mistakes he has ever made.

He added: "It's one of those mistakes that happen but it's probably one of the worst I have ever made in my life.

"It just didn't enter our heads. It didn't enter anybody's head that he'd score enough goals that we'd want to give him £40,000 a week and his old club £15,000-20,000 an appearance and we'd still be relegated.

"In reality, that's exactly what happened. The agent just threw it in at the last minute.

"The agent said 'Obviously, if his salary is cut by 50 per cent, you've got to let him walk'. We thought 'OK, if we get relegated, do we really want a £40,000-a-week striker in the Championship?'.

"Well, we would because he was devastating. If he was with us now and his knee had held up — because remember, he did have a very bad knee — I think we'd be 15 points clear.

"You live and you learn."

@dembabafoot

I truly think sullivan miss me. What a man ;-)

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