Two Premier League sides look set to battle it out for the signature of Sean Longstaff this summer time.
Newcastle’s win at Wembley will imply the boyhood Magazine will finish his profession with a winners medal for his hometown membership, however the 27-year-old might go away the North East within the subsequent window after falling down the pecking order as Lewis Miley continues to progress.
Everton had already been linked as a possible new house for the midfielder and one other shocking candidate has emerged.
In a growth few noticed coming this weekend, Manchester United have joined Everton in pursuit of Sean Longstaff, in accordance with The Chronicle’s Lee Ryder.
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer had expressed curiosity in shopping for Longstaff in 2019, again when he broke into the aspect impressively beneath former boss Rafa Benitez.
Nevertheless, it’s believed the Crimson Devils have been postpone by a hefty £50million price ticket slapped on the Geordie midfielder’s head on the time.
Now 27, with only one yr remaining on his present deal, the lad from North Shields finds himself at a degree in his profession the place he wants common first-team motion after falling out of favour. With that in thoughts, a charge now can be a fraction of what it was six years in the past.
Everton’s curiosity has additionally been properly documented and it’s thought David Moyes can also be an enormous fan of Longstaff, with talkSPORT reporting on a possible transfer to Merseyside simply final week.
Longstaff would depart the world with a heavy coronary heart as a sale away from the Toon appears to be like more and more probably.
Sandro Tonali has grow to be a key a part of the Newcastle midfield since getting back from his ban, starring alongside Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton. Lewis Miley additionally wants minutes to proceed in his growth, and already has fairly the duty with the three aforementioned names.
As an academy graduate, Longstaff would signify pure revenue from a PSR perspective and this summer time would be the final probability for the membership to get an honest charge earlier than his contract expires in 2026.
Now within the peak years of his profession, Longstaff will probably be in pursuit of recreation time and might undoubtedly provide first group soccer at a Premier League aspect.
Eternally within the historical past books as an EFL Cup medal holder if his time with us is up, scoring the decisive penalty within the shootout in opposition to Nottingham Forest to start out our journey.