👶 Three Newcastle youngsters to look out for | OneFootball

There are few things that excite a football fan more than one of your own breaking through the academy and into the first team.

That may be about to get a little harder at Newcastle if their takeover goes through and a hefty cash injection is made.

But these are three youngsters who could still carve out a path to the summit …

Joe White

The Carlisle-born midfielder is clearly regarded highly at St James’ Park – having penned his first professional contract last November.

Football runs in his blood as his grandfather Peter Hampton was a pro himself, featuring for Leeds and Stoke among others.

Steve Bruce name-checked White as one of the most exciting players in the club’s academy and the 17-year-old has already played Under-23 football and trained with the first team.

A tricky playmaker with fast feet, he could be the latest after the Longstaff brothers to fall off the club’s midfield conveyor belt of talent.

Tom Allan

A local lad. A striker. We’ve seen this before. If there is one thing Newcastle do well, it is producing homegrown goalscoring machines.

Allan may be the latest to follow in the Shearer/Milburn mould and has made a bright start to his senior career too.

The 20-year-old has scored five times for the club’s youth side this season, prompting Bruce to give him a taste of senior action in the FA Cup replay against Rochdale.

He had an instant impact as he provided an assist for Joelinton on his debut.

Blessed with pace and a natural scoring instinct in the area, the Under-23 side’s captain has a big future in the game.

Reagan Thomson

Noticing a theme here? If all of these lads progress as hoped, Newcastle are going to have a pretty formidable midfield and attack in 2025.

Thomson is viewed as one of the biggest talents Scotland have produced in some time, having made nine appearances in his country’s fourth tier for Queens Park – making his debut just five days after turning 16!

That prompted the Magpies to move earlier this year to sign him for an initial £50,000 and beat competition from a host of clubs in the process, having impressed against them with a hat-trick from midfield two years ago.

Evidently, that wasn’t forgotten and Thomson has only gotten better in the time since where his energy going forward and eye for goal, even from outside the area, has impressed all who watched him.

While there is still some debate as to whether he is best suited to a deeper lying role or as a No. 10, what isn’t up for argument is his incredible talent.