TBR Football's Graeme Bailey exclusively confirms Benfica's Vangelis Pavlidis stance amid interest from Newcastle, Nottingham Forest, West Ham, Fulham and Everton.

After recording a hat-trick in a resounding 4-1 win away to Porto, Vangelis Pavlidis has written his name into Benfica folklore.

Vangelis Pavlidis had a memorable night with Benfica on Sunday when they thrashed rivals FC Porto 4-1 away from home. Bagging a hat-trick in the drubbing, the former Willem II and AZ Alkmaar striker ...

Newcastle have also been credited with an interest in the forward.

Vangelis Pavlidis had a memorable night with Benfica on Sunday when they thrashed rivals FC Porto 4-1 away from home. Bagging ...

The centre-forward has been hugely impressive this season and could head to either England or Spain in the summer ...

Vangelis Pavlidis hit a first-half hat-trick for the hosts, in part thanks to two big errors by Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. However a Robert Lewandowski double from the penalty spot ...

Atleti's Julián Alvarez, Lille's Jonathan David and Benfica's Vangelis Pavlidis will play no further part in the competition, but Paris' Ousmane Dembélé and Real Madrid forwards Kylian Mbappé ...

4) Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) – 17 goals Not many strikers can claim to have scored a hat-trick v Barcelona, but ultimately the goals against Monaco in the Champions League play-offs were the ...