Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has handed more first-team opportunities to a host of youngsters who were involved in the trip to Saudi Arabia earlier this month. Alex Murphy, Lewis Miley and Jay Turner-Cooke were all called up for the warm weather trip and earned a smattering of minutes in the friendly win over Al-Hilal.
The trio were all included in a snowy training session at Newcastle's Darsley Park training base on Thursday, joined by fellow youngster Max Thompson. The goalkeeper, 18, has been impressing for the Magpies' youth teams of late.
Newcastle have put a big emphasis on finding the best young talent since the £300m takeover and Eddie Howe has been keen to promote the best of his young crop in recent months. A host of under-21 talent could get a further chance to shine in the St James' Park friendly with Rayo Vallecano on Saturday afternoon.
