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This shocked me about Jacob Murphy – A Newcastle stat I wasn’t anticipating!

This shocked me about Jacob Murphy – A Newcastle stat I wasn’t anticipating!

Newcastle United’s Jacob Murphy rating in a single spectacular stat sees him alongside among the membership’s all-time greats.

Murphy signed for his boyhood membership in the summertime 2017 from Norwich Metropolis, together with his purple patch in current weeks of three targets and three assists in three Premier League appearances certainly one of his finest spells in black-and-white at a pivotal level within the season.

The 29-year-olds spectacular output of late has seen him overtake one other boyhood magazine in a key all-time metric – with a legend from the early Prem years in his sight.

Murphy has bagged a formidable 21 Premier League assists for Newcastle United so far, putting him seventh within the all time checklist of creators for the Magpies.

He’s nonetheless a method behind Nobby Solano, who tops the assists chart within the Premier League period with 54, with Alan Shearer (36), Rob Lee (31), Laurent Robert (29), Kieran Dyer (26) and Peter Beardsley (additionally 26) coming subsequent – however his quick-footed help in opposition to Ipswich took him previous the 20 of Shola Ameobi.

Alexander Isak’s end on Saturday was the third time this season the Swede has been assisted by Murphy, who has additionally set-up Harvey Barnes twice to deliver his tally for this marketing campaign to 5.

The 5 assists to his title to this season, added to by three targets, have been completely essential in serving to Newcastle flip our type round and construct some much-needed momentum through the festive interval.

Consistency is one thing that has usually eluded Murphy throughout his stint on Tyneside, not that anybody would count on him to keep up his ridiculous output lately by any means, however is definitely an element to contemplate as we glance to construct additional.

By all accounts Murphy is an affable and well-liked member of the dressing room and he’s completely somebody I would like in and across the squad, however it’s no shock Newcastle have been linked with a transfer for extra excessive profile winger whose output is extra common than it’s uncommon.

Hope Murphy’s inventive qualities are again once more right now following that excellent solo run to arrange Isak at Ipswich!

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