Exciting 17 year old Newcastle United striker makes debut for Young Lions


 
 
 
 
 
 

Great to see so many young Newcastle United players, both homegrown and young talent signed from elsewhere, getting international recognition, especially with England.

The latest Young Lions Under 18s squad included three from Newcastle United.

Trevan Sanusi and Leo Shahar have been regulars for the England Under 18s, this time joined for the first time by exciting 17 year old NUFC striker Sean Neave.

The young forward has been in excellent goalscoring form this season and indeed last, in the younger age groups at NUFC.

Hopefully they will be amongst the Newcastle United first team stars of the future.

Friday saw England Under 18s playing their Poland counterparts in Valencia.

Newcastle’s Trevan Sanusi was key in a great move that saw Villa’s Ben Broggio open the scoring on 17 minutes.

England Under 18s well on top but failing to make it count further, paying the price when Poland scored from a corner just before the break.

The second half saw a pretty even contest but it was Poland who took the lead midway through that second period, before adding a third to give a 3-1 win, which was harsh on England.

Newcastle’s Leo Shahar sat this one out as an unused sub but a massive moment for United’s Sean Neave, the 17 year old NUFC striker making his England Under 18s debut off the bench. Neave coming on after 69 minutes but couldn’t get the goal(s) to get the turnaround needed.

The Young Lions will now conclude their November internationals with a game on Monday against the Germany Under 18s, before flying home.

England: 1 Douglass Lukjanciks (Everton), 2 Jaden Dixon (Stoke City), 3 Christian McFarlane (New York City), 4 Souleymane Sidibe (Stoke City), 5 Samuel Amissah (Fulham), 6 Leon Routh (Aston Villa), 7 Trevan Sanusi (Newcastle United), 8 Harrison Armstrong (Everton), 9 Baylee Dipepa (Southampton), 10 Jack Fletcher (Manchester United), 11 Benjamin Broggio (Aston Villa)

Substitutes: 22 Nicolas Michalski (City of Liverpool, on loan from Blackburn Rovers) for Lukjanciks 60′, 15 Kian Noble (Manchester City) for Dixon 60′, 14 Stephen Mfuni (Manchester City) for Routh 60′, 19 George Hemmings (Aston Villa) for Fletcher 60′, 16 Saheed Olagunju (Wolverhampton Wanderers) for Amissah 69′, 18 Ollie Harrison (Chelsea) for Sidibe 69′, 20 Callum Olusesi (Tottenham Hotspur) for Armstrong 69′, 12 Chukwuemeka Adiele (West Ham United) for Broggio 69′, 21 Sean Neave (Newcastle United) for Dipepa 69′

Substitutes not used: 13 Oliver Whatmuff (Manchester City), 17 Leo Shahar (Newcastle United)