Newcastle United are in talks with three attacking players at the club over new contracts, it has been confirmed.
The north-east giants released a statement on their official website on Friday morning in which they confirmed their retained list of players following the 2017-18 season.
Newcastle explained that they have tabled new contract offers to centre-forward Luke Charman and left-winger Callum Roberts, and they are currently in negotiations with right-sided forward Alex Gilliead about a new deal.
Meanwhile, six Academy scholars have been offered professional contracts, while the club has offered new deals to youngsters Luke Charman and Callum Roberts and are currently in negotiations with Alex Gilliead in relation to a new contract.
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OPINION
Young, talented and reared in the north-east, Newcastle fans will be eager for Charman, Roberts and Gilliead to extend their associations with the club and demonstrate their quality by breaking into the first team. There are few things supporters like more than home-grown stars who come good. Roberts, 21, and Charman, 20, were regulars in the recently completed domestic season for Newcastle Under-23s in Premier League 2, while Gilliead, 22, spent the campaign on loan at League One side Bradford City. The oldest of the forward trio was a mainstay of the starting XI, with 42 of his 48 appearances coming from the start. Can they cut it at Newcastle and progress into the first team? They certainly have some way to go, but time is also on their side, although they might all need to benefit from season-long loans next season at Football League clubs, where the standard and pressure is far greater than in youth team football.
