Newcastle United are preparing for the return of Rodrigo Vilca with his loan stint at Peruvian club Universitario on the brink of expiry.
Loan manager Shola Ameobi has been running checks on Vilca's progress in South America with the 23-year-old having an average time in his home country, playing 21 times, scoring once and making just two assists in a league that Newcastle chiefs were hoping he'd tear up when he departed for loan earlier this year.
With Universitario unable to afford a permanent deal for Vilca - or able to get anywhere near his wages - the attacking midfielder will head back to Tyneside in the next month with the Peruvian season set to end soon. Newcastle sent Vilca to Doncaster Rovers last year before he was recalled.
