Newcastle, Manchester City and West Ham have all been alerted Eidur Gudjohnsen could quit Barcelona in the New Year.

The former Chelsea striker is growing increasingly frustrated at his lack of first-team football at the Nou Camp.

And his father, Arnor, revealed the player will decide in the next two weeks whether to move in the January transfer window or wait until the end of the season.

Arnor said: “Eidur has enjoyed his time at Barcelona but now he must decide what he is going to do in the New Year.

“He will take his time to consider his future. I think he will probably stay until the summer but nothing is yet certain.”

Gudjohnsen, 29, cost £8million when he moved from Chelsea 18 months ago but has started just two league games for the Spanish giants all season.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard was ready to let the Icelandic international leave last summer and accepted an £8m offer from the Hammers.

But Gudjohnsen vowed to stay and fight for his place, despite finding himself behind Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi.

Now he is having second thoughts after Rijkaard promoted youngsters Giovani Dos Santos and Bojan Krkic above him as well.

He still has 2½ years of his £70,000-a-week contract to run but knows he can easily match those wages by returning to the Premier League.

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce is at the head of the queue and will make a £6m move for Gudjohnsen as soon as the transfer window opens next month.

But he will face stiff opposition from Manchester City, where Sven Goran Eriksson has been promised the funds for the proven goalscorer he wants to bolster his team’s bid for a shock Champions League place.

Hammers boss Alan Curbishley is also ready to try again, in spite of his summer snub from Gudjohnsen and the recent departure of the club’s Icelandic chairman Eggert Magnusson.

It was Magnusson who led the chase for the player back then and promised Gudjohnsen an £80,000-a-week contract to move to Upton Park.

He is unlikely to be offered that salary again this time, after owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson questioned some of the wages being paid to the club’s recent signings.

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