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title: "Sean Longstaff – Profile"
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author: "Domagoj kostanjsak"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2020-06-12T09:16:03Z"
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# Sean Longstaff – Profile

**Name: Sean Longstaff**

**Club: Newcastle United**

**Date of Birth: 30 October 1997**

**Position: Midfielder (Central/Attacking)**

## Sean Longstaff – his career so far

**Sean David Longstaff** is the older of the two **Longstaff** brothers who are currently plying their trade at **Newcastle United** in the *Premier League*. Just like his brother, **Matthew Ben Longstaff**, the 22-year-old midfielder has been a life-long fan of the *Magpies* and has joined the club at an early age, advancing through the ranks of their academy and making it on the big stage.

**Sean** and **Ben** are the sons of **David Longstaff**, a former ice hockey player for **Great Britain** who was capped over 100 times for the national team before retiring from the professional scene in the year of 2013.

Even though the older **Longstaff** brother has been at **Newcastle** for a bit longer than his younger sibling, his road towards the senior team under **Steve Bruce** has been somewhat different from **Matthew’s**.

Both brothers spent some time playing for the *Magpies’* development squads but the older brother was also sent out on loan before he would return a more developed and mature player, slotting into the first-team squad at the beginning of 2019.

**Longstaff** played just two documented games for *Newcastle’s* U18 squad before making a jump into the U23s where he featured for a total of 46 games, scoring nine goals and assisting nine more in the process as well.

But in January 2017, he went on a loan to **Kilmarnock** and ended up registering 17 appearances in Scotland and rattling the inside of the opposition’s net three times. Upon returning to Tyneside, his signature was in demand once again so he signed for **Blackpool** on loan at the start of the 2017/18 campaign, registering 45 appearances in *League One* and netting nine goals and six assists along the way.

**Sean** made his competitive first-team debut against **Nottingham Forest** in the *Carabao Cup* in August 2018 and just a few months later, he would also make his *Premier League* bow coming on as a second-half substitute against **Liverpool** at *Anfield* in December 2018.

Since then, he’s made a total of 39 senior team appearances, even bagging three goals and three assists under his belt as well.

## **Transfer latest**

One of the big [**Newcastle United news**](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/) coming out of the camp concerning both Longstaff brothers was the *transfer rumour* that they are potentially looking to hire the superagent **Pini Zahavi** in an attempt to resolve their futures.

The *transfer news* stated the negotiations for their new contracts has hit a brick wall recently and getting a new agent in would likely help to solve that problem. Sean, however, has a contract running until 2022 while his younger brother’s expires this summer.

It still seems that **Newcastle** want both homegrown talents to stay but recent updates suggest no real breakthrough has been made in the last couple of months. As things currently stand, both of their futures are still up in the air.

## **Player profile**

Even though both **Longstaff** brothers are midfielders by trade, **Sean** likes to operate higher up the pitch, often slotting just behind the striker and being that creative link between the middle and the final third of the pitch.

He is very comfortable on the ball and can cause some real danger in and around the opposition’s box, both through his passing and shooting over a longer distance. But his defensive output should also not be disregarded.

**Longstaff** can be deployed in a deeper role where he will use his work rate and energy to break the opposition’s attacks and restart his own, often tackling and intercepting his counterparts. Even though he is playing in a **Newcastle** team that doesn’t thrive on possession or is that attacking-minded in the first place, **Longstaff is** often the one to inject them with some purpose and drive.

But being versatile enough to cover multiple spots in midfield is a trait not many possess and something **Bruce** can certainly use in his team.