Many Newcastle United fans have flocked to a tweet from Sky Sports’ Keith Downie after he reported that Steve Bruce will be holding a meeting with Matthew Longstaff regarding his future.
The player’s contract is due to expire at the end of this month, meaning the 20-year-old could walk away from St. James’ Park on a free transfer unless a deal between the two parties is agreed.
Bruce told Sky Sports News (as per Downie’s tweet) that he hopes the meeting will result in a “positive” outcome whilst expressing his desire to see the midfielder put pen-to-paper on a new deal.
Here is how a sample of the club’s faithful have responded to the reporter’s update on Twitter.
This has all been a Brucie ball PR masterclass. Matty signs after a bacon sarnie with Steve this afternoon, comes out in the conference and says “I was off until Brucie convinced me. What a manager”. Win win all round #nufc #brucieball
— Luxfordinho (@Luxfordinho) July 3, 2020
Heaping more pressure on Longstaff. If he needs convincing to sign a contract, just let him go. He is a footballer and wants a team with ambition and a team that will pay him more just like Perez.
— Angel ? (@AngelNUFC) July 3, 2020
Why beg him to stay, he isn’t good enough if we want to progress. Runs around a lot, that’s it. Because he’s scored a couple of goals and is a local lad our fans get carried away. Isn’t good enough to get in the team now never mind moving forward
— Craig Johnston (@craigjnufc) July 3, 2020
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One fan labelled the whole thing as a PR masterclass from Steve Bruce and seemed confident of the club agreeing a contract extension with the player, whereas others don’t appear to be impressed by what they’ve seen from Longstaff in regards to this situation. Supporters continued to make their feelings known in the replies section.
Let him go. He isnt good enough . Only reason he is at newcastle still cause he is a geordie . 30k a week on a lad who is 5/6th choice is mental
— James Rae ????? (@jrae1990) July 3, 2020
Let him go
— sbsam (@sbsam_sam) July 3, 2020
I think it’s an absolute scandal that you have to try & convince a local lad to stay at the club.
— Genghis (@AleicaKeys) July 3, 2020
The majority of these Newcastle United fans appear to be disappointed in the fact that Longstaff, described as a ‘local lad’ needs so much convincing about his future, therefore, they are urging the club to let him go.
The centre-midfielder has made just seven Premier League appearances for the Magpies this season and so it could be argued if they were to lose the player, they would have little trouble coping with his absence. Whether they will come to regret letting him go in the future remains to be seen.