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ADAM’S FUTURE LOOKS FORLORN

OVERLOOKED: Armstrong

ANOTHER year, another loan for Adam Armstrong. Will the striker ever get his chance at Newcastle?
Twenty goals for Coventry in 2015-16 suggested it was only a matter of time, especially when the Magpies subsequently slumped into the Championship.
Where better to blood a homegrown youngster than a dominant, tabletopping side that created scores of chances?
Armstrong, though, was farmed out to Barnsley. Even when it became apparent that Newcastle lacked pacy cover for the injuryprone Dwight Gayle, Rafa Benitez showed no sign of issuing a recall.
Last month, the forwar...

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