Fabian Schar is arguably playing his best football in a Newcastle United shirt right now.
Under the previous regime, Schar was cast aside and rarely allowed to flourish as he does so often at international level. Despite being heralded as one of the Magpies’ star players under Rafa Benitez, the Swiss centre-back’s form nosedived under Steve Bruce, with the more robust Ciaran Clark and Federico Fernandez preferred to the technically-gifted Schar.
He found himself in and out of the team, switching between a back four or a back five and sometimes in the midfield anchor role. A one-year extension signed last summer is set to expire in June and, if it were not for a swift revival under new management, his days on Tyneside would have been numbered.
