Former Leeds United striker Noel Whelan said that Newcastle United cannot afford to let youngster Matty Longstaff go.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Whelan said that the 19-year-old holds the cards over his future.
The Chronicle have reported that the Magpies could pick up just £400,000 in compensation should he move on in 2020.
Whelan told Football Insider:
“£400,000 for a young player of that ability, wow, no team can afford to lose people like that.
“That’s nothing, is it? It’s absolutely nothing, but look, the power is with the player right now, he holds the cards and Newcastle need to realise that.
“Either put something on the table for him that he can’t say no to or he’s doing something for himself. Now, for me as a player, I think right now, maybe, just maybe, he needs more regular first-team football. It might be a team that comes up from the Championship this year on a pre-contract signing.”
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