A round-up of today’s NUFC news and gossip:
- Sean Longstaff and Andy Carroll have delivered two brutal assessments of Sunday’s 5-0 defeat at Leicester, with one calling the performance “f*****g embarrassing” – Full story here.
- According to the Daily Mail’s Craig Hope, several players were concerned by Steve Bruce’s decision to change formation once again before Saturday’s trip to Leicester City – Full story here.
- Allan Saint-Maximin is ‘feeling good’ according to his latest post on social media, which shows him scoring a stunning goal in training this week – Watch it here.
- Roberto Rojas has expressed his concern following Steve Bruce’s latest comments on Miguel Almrion, believing the NUFC coach is playing him out of position – Full story here.
- Federico Fernandez, DeAndre Yedlin and Allan Saint-Maximin are all in contention to start on Sunday according to the Chronicle’s Ciaran Kelly – Full story here.
- Steve Bruce has admitted he would’ve tried to keep Mo Diame at Newcastle had he arrived at the club earlier this summer – Full story here.
- Giovani Van Bronckhorst was ‘desperate’ to take the vacant Newcastle United job over the summer, but he’s now being lined up to eventually replace Pep Guardiola at Man City – Full story here.