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title: "Newcastle United: Fans slam Matty Longstaff as Craig Hope says he may end up at Watford"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-fans-slam-matty-longstaff-as-craig-hope-says-he-may-end-up-at-watford/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2020-06-05T08:10:57Z"
modified: "2020-06-05T08:10:57Z"
---

# Newcastle United: Fans slam Matty Longstaff as Craig Hope says he may end up at Watford

**Some Newcastle United fans have been slamming Matty Longstaff as [Craig Hope](https://twitter.com/CraigHope_DM/status/1268285258081931266) shared his latest article for [The Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8385339/Newcastle-expect-Matty-Longstaff-Premier-League-rivals-Watford-joins-Udinese.html) on his official Twitter page.**

As per the journalist, the Tyneside club suspect that Longstaff will end up at Premier League rivals Watford if he joins Udinese on a free transfer, sources close to the Magpies have told the outlet.

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Watford and the Serie A outfit are both owned by the Pozzo family and have a history of trading players.

Longstaff, 20, is out of contract in the North East this month and would cost Udinese around £450,000 in compensation, whereas a move to another club in the English top flight would see the fee settled by tribunal.

The Daily Mail has been told that figure would run close to £3 million given Longstaff is an England Under-20 international and has enjoyed a relatively impressive debut season at St James’ Park, scoring three times from 12 senior appearances, according to [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matthew-longstaff/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/484387/plus/0?saison=2019&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=).

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It is understood by the outlet that Longstaff would prefer to stay at his hometown club but hasn’t accepted a verbal offer believed to be worth £20k-per-week.

These members of the Toon faithful slammed him for rejecting the offer and seemed happy to let him go, perhaps understandably so given his high demands despite only featuring in a handful of games…

> Sorry but if he's turned down 20k a week after 6 games in pl and is will g to leave his hometown club on the verge of possibly its best ever period for an extra 5k then good riddance. Pute greed! He's 19.
>
> — ajf (@foxaj) [June 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/foxaj/status/1268288065128280066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> if hes leaving for the sake of 5k let him go mun, 20k is a decent amount for a 19 year old who isny exactly the next messi
>
> — ConnorDickson. (@ConnorDickson\_) [June 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/ConnorDickson_/status/1268306666283569158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He really isn’t that good,let him go
>
> — murraysminted75 (@alloutgungho) [June 4, 2020](https://twitter.com/alloutgungho/status/1268405040869453825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> If the takeover goes ahead he won’t be good enough anyway, good luck in the future, thanks for what you’ve done, Bye Bye
>
> — Eric pritchard (@esp1942) [June 4, 2020](https://twitter.com/esp1942/status/1268476500740845571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Holding out for £5k more a week? He’s 20 and has 15-years to earn proper money! To end up at Watford? Do me a favour
>
> — Ollie Stevenson (@OllieStevo) [June 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/OllieStevo/status/1268288459317313538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Greed at play good luck in Watford
>
> — ronantodd (@ronantodd) [June 4, 2020](https://twitter.com/ronantodd/status/1268427313550680064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Geordies, will Longstaff end up at Watford? Comment below!***