{"id":464684,"date":"2025-10-01T03:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/464684\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T03:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:02:15","slug":"player-sold-by-newcastle-united-for-12m-is-now-battling-erling-haaland-for-premier-league-accolade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/464684\/","title":{"rendered":"Player sold by Newcastle United for \u00a312m is now battling Erling Haaland for Premier League accolade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Newcastle United fell to defeat on Sunday afternoon, but former Magpies midfielder Sean Longstaff enjoyed a strong weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/tag\/eddie-howe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eddie Howe<\/a> suffered a heartbreaking defeat as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/match\/newcastle-united-player-ratings-vs-arsenal-fc-premier-league-2025-woltemade-livramento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle United lost 2-1 to Arsenal<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies took a 1-0 lead in the first half, but ended up losing to a late Gabriel Magalhaes winner.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle are still stuck on just one Premier League win from the first six games, with Howe looking for more victories in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2237766224-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United v Bournemouth - Premier League\" \/>Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images<strong>Sean Longstaff battles Erling Haaland after Newcastle United exit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Newcastle\u2019s difficult weekend was a far cry from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/tag\/sean-longstaff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Longstaff\u2019s<\/a> experience with Leeds United.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/transfers\/how-much-leeds-are-paying-newcastle-united-for-sean-longstaff-as-common-sense-prevails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Longstaff joined Leeds in a \u00a312million move<\/a> over the summer and has established himself as a regular at Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds drew 2-2 with Bournemouth and were mere moments away from victory before Eli Junior Kroupi grabbed a late leveller.<\/p>\n<p>Longstaff enjoyed a fantastic afternoon, though, as he recorded a goal and an assist in the 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n<p>That display means Longstaff is now challenging Manchester City hitman Erling Haaland for a Premier League accolade.<\/p>\n<p>Longstaff has been nominated for Player of the Matchweek on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/news\/4430464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official Premier League website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland, Aston Villa\u2019s Emiliano Buendia, Crystal Palace\u2019s Daichi Kamada, Arsenal\u2019s Declan Rice, Sunderland\u2019s Robin Roefs, Brentford\u2019s Igor Thiago and Brighton\u2019s Danny Welbeck are also nominated.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland is running away with the vote right now, but Longstaff sits third on 13% of the vote, just behind Declan Rice.<\/p>\n<p>Longstaff may have left Newcastle, but Magpies fans will still wish him all the best away from St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sean Longstaff earning praise after Leeds United display<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Longstaff took to social media to react after his performance against Bournemouth, admitting that it was a \u2018brilliant feeling\u2019 to open his goalscoring account.<\/p>\n<p>Former Newcastle ace Paul Dummett said \u2018love it son\u2019, while ex-Magpies striker Dwight Gayle showed his support as well.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds team-mate Joe Rodon added \u2018what a player\u2019, with Kalvin Phillips, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Largie Ramazani also offering praise.<\/p>\n<p>Longstaff appears to have settled right in at Leeds, and he will hope to continue making the most of his move after the difficult decision to leave Newcastle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United fell to defeat on Sunday afternoon, but former Magpies midfielder Sean Longstaff enjoyed a strong weekend.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,1103,4884,1860,33583,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-464684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-erling-haaland","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-sean-longstaff","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115296688189668020","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}