Newcastle set to let Santiago Munoz depart

Newcastle United are reportedly keen to permit playmaker Santiago Munoz to depart within the close to future, with the younger Mexican having didn’t make an impression on the membership to date.

What’s the phrase?

In accordance with Report (through Sports Witness), the 20-year-old is nearing an exit from the Magpies in December, with the Premier League facet unlikely to take up their choice to purchase for the participant on the finish of his 18-month mortgage stint.

The 5 foot 10 starlet – who arrived in England on a short lived deal last summer – is seemingly set to return to father or mother membership Santos Laguna as soon as his mortgage deal involves an finish, with the report suggesting that the Mexican outfit are already ‘anticipating’ his return.

Hasn’t labored out

The teen’s arrival on Tyneside had initially caught the eye attributable to his obvious likeness to the central character of Hollywood blockbuster ‘Objective’ – Santiago Munez – though, not like his fictional compatriot, it has been no fairytale for Munoz at St James’ Park in latest instances.

Regardless of having spent virtually a yr with the northeast facet, the midfielder has but to make a senior first-team appearance for the membership to date, having been restricted to a job in Newcastle’s U21 set-up in latest instances.

Whereas he was a part of Eddie Howe’s pre-season plans, that involvement has not translated right into a extra outstanding function within the Englishman’s squad thus far this time period, with fellow prospect Elliot Anderson little doubt firmly forward within the pecking order.

Did Munoz deserve a much bigger probability?

Tipped to be a possible “revelation” for the Magpies by Steve Howey upon becoming a member of the membership, the £1.35m-rated dud has gone on to grow to be one thing of a forgotten determine of late, with an everyday berth within the senior set-up having by no means appeared on the playing cards.

The Texas-born prospect had beforehand made a brilliant begin to his profession again in his homeland, having scored three targets and supplied three assists in simply 19 appearances for his father or mother membership, though has been unable to construct upon that kind in what has possible been a irritating interval for all involved of late.

Though there might be a expertise in there someplace simply ready to be unleashed, it will seem that younger Munoz is in want of pastures new if he’s to grasp his early potential, whereas for Newcastle it will seemingly make little sense to stick with a participant who seems surplus to necessities at current.