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Newcastle United trio using summer break to step up fitness ahead of fight to stay in Howe's plans

While Bruno Guimaraes enjoys a lavish honeymoon in his native Brazil and Fabian Schar enjoys 'island time' with his better half, some Newcastle United stars have been hard at work preparing for the new season.

Sean Longstaff and Jacob Murphy, two players who have saved their St James' Park careers in recent months and face a challenge keeping their starting roles in Eddie Howe's starting XI, have both been putting the hard yards in behind the scenes this week.

The duo joined in with a training session at Newcastle Blue Star as they were put through their paces with the West End outfit. "Comparing fitness levels and getting tactical insight from two soon to be Champions League players…..standard Tuesday night," tweeted the club's official account.

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