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“Been awful this season” – Some NUFC fans slam “major disappointment”

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Some Newcastle United fans have been slamming Sean Longstaff on social media after he collected his North East Football Writers’ Association Young Player of the Year award.

Longstaff has been lauded for his efforts over the 2019 calendar year, which saw him feature regularly under Rafa Benitez before sustaining knee ligament damage during our Premier League match away to West Ham United in March.

Benitez awarded the Newcastle-born midfielder his first-team debut in December 2018 against Liverpool at Anfield, and instantly felt he could trust Longstaff to go on and start eight of our next nine top-flight games.

His efforts also drew links with Manchester United in the summer transfer window, while the club slapped a whopping £50million asking price on him to ward off the Red Devils’ pursuit.

Since then, Longstaff has been in and out of Steve Bruce’s plans at St. James’ Park, with the boss favouring him in seven of our first ten league games of the campaign but only six since returning from a three-match ban for a red card shown against Wolves in October.

Has Longstaff improved since his injury?

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Some supporters have also been left underwhelmed by the academy product’s performances in 2019/20, with one suggesting that Manchester United’s interest went to his head while others focused on the impacts of his season-ending knee injury.

Here are some of the messages shared as fans slammed Longstaff when the club shared that he had received his Young Player of the Year award from the North East Football Writers’ Association…

In other Newcastle United news, a 5 ft 8 Toon talent has been linked with a move away from St. James’ Park.

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