X Factor bosses have approached Noel Gallagher for the second time with a “name your price” offer to join the judging panel.
The former Oasis guitarist, 45, has been on Simon Cowell’s wish list for the hit ITV talent show for years.
And in the past fortnight Noel’s management company Ignition received a fresh megabucks offer — asking him to name a price around the £2million mark.
A source said last night: “Simon is determined to get Noel on board. He sees him as his natural replacement as the real alpha male on the panel.
“He thinks Noel would be ideal, with his music knowledge, straight-talking and rapier wit.”
The last time Simon, 53, made a seven-figure offer to the award-winning rock star he was knocked back.
The married dad-of-three was about to launch his critically acclaimed solo project, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
He has just finished touring and is now planning to make “going to the dry-cleaners last a day”.
The source added: “Noel’s daughter Anais is a huge fan of One Direction and X Factor, so she’ll be nagging him to say yes.”
Noel was first approached by Simon in 2011. The rock star told him he wouldn’t like to say lines like, “You know I can only take three into the final, and this is the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make. I left Oasis, but that was nothing compared to this”.
Take That star Gary Barlow is expected to return with Nicole Scherzinger. Sharon Osbourne is also in talks with bosses undecided on Louis Walsh.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
