Alan Pardew: “He typifies what the Newcastle crowd want to see, taking people on and making things happen, and there’s a good chance he could play on Saturday the way he played at Gillingham.”
“He came into our Academy quite late, and he started showing a few signs at the back-end of last year.
“Probably he was behind Adam Armstrong at that stage, though he’s just edged above him this pre-season.
“We’ve got two offensive players coming through the Academy, and if they can crack it in the first team that would be very lucky for us.
“Because it’s very difficult to get offensive players through your Academy.”