Sean Longstaff started and scored in a behind-closed-doors friendly for Newcastle United on Saturday just days after seeing a third bid for him from Leeds United rejected.

Newcastle United have been urged to follow up their interest in Atalanta defender Giorgio Scalvini with a firm bid - and have been told they could be signing a 'young John Stones'. The Magpies are stepping up their search for a central defender following the £55m capture of Anthony Elanga from Nottingham Forest, with several players on their radar.

What Eddie Howe likes most about Anthony Elanga, how close the deal came to collapsing and what Newcastle and Forest plan to do next