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Reports we are close to signing 27 year old Newcastle midfielder Sean Longstaff.

The popular local boy has been with his boyhood club since he was a kid and made his debut 7 years ago.

He has gone on to over 200 appearances for his boyhood club with around 150 starts.

He has also had a few loan spells with him shining in League 1 some years ago for Blackpool.

He is a relative of former Leeds United player David Thompson who is his father's cousin.

He is known as a hard working progressive passing midfielder most comfortable in a midfield 3 who has been praised for his selfless attitude.

He is also competent defensively.

Criticisms would be he is more a steady player than anyone whose going to really shine and for a Box to Box player he doesn't actually score or assist much.

However another advantage is he does qualify as a home grown player and he is a very experienced Premier League player which we haven't much of whose done an atleast solid job in his career

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