Newcastle: Imagine McTominay & Joelinton

Newcastle United supervisor Eddie Howe arrived at St James’ Park final season after PIF’s takeover and comfortably guided the Magpies to security within the Premier League.

One in all his greatest masterstrokes since taking the job got here in November when he opted to trial Joelinton in central midfield after Ciaran Clark’s sending-off towards Norwich forced a formation change.

The 26-year-old has gone from power to power since that evening and ended the 2021/22 marketing campaign by profitable the membership’s Player of the Season award.

The Brazilian has carried that kind into the present marketing campaign and caught the attention as he was sensational within the 3-3 draw towards champions Manchester Metropolis final weekend.

Dan Ashworth may now kind a daunting partnership in the course of the park by swooping to signal Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay to play him subsequent to Joelinton.

The Magpies are reportedly eyeing up the Scotland worldwide, alongside quite a lot of different Premier League golf equipment, and are protecting tabs on his state of affairs.

They’re stated to be long-term admirers of the 26-year-old, and Casemiro’s arrival at Outdated Trafford may open the door to a possible exit for the Scotsman, though it stays to be seen whether or not or not the Crimson Devils are prepared to money in on him.

Joelinton’s 109 tackles and interceptions in 35 Premier League outings led the best way for the Magpies final time period, and convincing the Crimson Devils to half methods with McTominay would add one other all-action, ball-winning destroyer to the combo.

The £60k-per-week Scottish machine made 99 tackles and interceptions within the prime flight in 2021/22, which was more than another participant in Manchester United’s squad.

Former Crimson Devils supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as soon as lauded him and his team-mate Fred, saying: “These two are good. They’re completely prime. You simply see Fred operating ahead right this moment, scoring a objective. Scott might be probably the greatest we have now bought at arriving within the field on the proper time.

“He’s a beast of a person bodily; he has solely performed 20 minutes in pre-season – as a centre-back – as a result of he has been nursing an harm. As we speak, for me, you may see he’s a person. So all of the criticism on them two, I’m fully towards as a result of I really like them.”

These quotes, together with McTominay’s spectacular ball-winning statistics, illustrate how a lot physicality and high quality he may supply alongside Joelinton in entrance of Newcastle’s again 4. Nevertheless, is he suited to the supervisor’s model of play?

Howe desires Newcastle to be a pressing staff, and former Manchester United supervisor Jose Mourinho as soon as described the 26-year-old’s as a “mad dog” and claimed that he was “pressing really hard“.

Together with being a participant who can push on and power the problem himself, Jesse Lingard beforehand claimed that the safety McTominay offered in midfield permits the forwards at Outdated Trafford to confidently execute a excessive press.

Subsequently, he would swimsuit the best way that Howe desires to play, and he has the defensive stature to frighten opposition assaults by lining up alongside Joelinton and forming a metaphorical wall in the course of the park.