{"id":291585,"date":"2023-10-07T23:22:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T23:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=291585"},"modified":"2023-10-07T23:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T23:22:42","slug":"newcastle-midfielder-sean-longstaff-should-push-for-england-call-up-eddie-howe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/newcastle-midfielder-sean-longstaff-should-push-for-england-call-up-eddie-howe\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle midfielder Sean Longstaff should push for England call-up \u2013 Eddie Howe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has encouraged home-grown midfielder Sean Longstaff to set his sights on an England call-up after shining on the European stage.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old\u2019s career, which looked to have stalled under Steve Bruce, has been resurrected since Howe took over in November 2021 and he played a key role in Wednesday night\u2019s 4-1 Champions League victory over Paris St Germain with a tireless display capped with the third goal.<\/p>\n

Longstaff has been a key figure in the side which has gone six games undefeated and conceded just a single goal ahead of Sunday\u2019s Premier League trip to West Ham, and while the Magpies\u2019 head coach studiously avoids trying to pick Gareth Southgate\u2019s squad for him, he insists the Academy graduate has what it takes to play international football.<\/p>\n

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Howe said: \u201cI haven\u2019t spoken with Sean in any great detail about the England squad or his dreams and aims, but I\u2019d encourage it for him because I think he is good enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s got everything depending on what system you want to play but for us, he perfectly fits the number eight role that we\u2019re using him in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to see him score more goals and get in more goalscoring positions because I think he is a very good finisher \u2013 you saw the other night with a really good goal \u2013 so hopefully there\u2019s more to come from him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he\u2019s certainly done very well at the start of this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

He enjoys defending, he wants to defend<\/p>\n

North Shields-born Longstaff\u2019s re-emergence has ensured a Geordie presence in Howe\u2019s increasingly-cosmopolitan starting XI and he is not alone with Blyth native Dan Burn having made the left-back spot his own since his \u00a313million arrival from Brighton in January last year.<\/p>\n

At 6ft 6in, the 31-year-old \u2013 who also scored against PSG \u2013 does not fit the usual profile for a full-back, but having played the role earlier in his career, has adapted admirably to what he has been asked to do.<\/p>\n

Howe said: \u201cHe\u2019s been magnificent. He\u2019s unusual. There are not many Dan Burn-type players playing football.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done so well to adapt to the position, but it\u2019s a position he\u2019s played before, so it\u2019s not new to him. It\u2019s just new to him for us, but technically he\u2019s been very good.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefensively, he\u2019s got a brilliant mindset to defending. He enjoys defending, he wants to defend.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see in the last two games, the amount of good decisions he\u2019s made against very good opponents, whether that\u2019s a fast tricky winger or someone who is good positionally.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe finds a way to react really well in-game to make adjustments to deal with his opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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