Two years ago, Saudi Arabia's sovereign** (PIF) bought Premier League side Newcastle United for £300 million. It became another oil king team after Manchester City and Chelsea.
13 days later, Steve Bruce, the manager who successfully led the team to relegation, left the team with the agreement of both parties, and it was unanimously agreed that Newcastle United would follow suit and spend a lot of money, the best star player and the best manager. Benitez, who once coached Newcastle United, is the favourite.
However, he was replaced by Eddie Howe, an England manager who had only led small teams. The buyer also focuses on players with Premier League experience such as Kieran Trippier and Chris Wood.
After the relegation was successful, they began to "buy big", buying young Swedish strikers Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon for a record-breaking transfer fee of 58 million and 40 million pounds respectively, and this season they bought real players such as Sandro Tonali, Xavi Barnes and Tino Livramento.
Although they are not star-studded stars, they are quite capable and at the age of playing, and the youngsters in the Academy have suddenly become struggling. Newcastle United's youth training results have always been mediocre, not very good, everyone is probably most familiar with Andy Carroll who switched to Liverpool, in recent years, the "long-term brothers" who have been pinned on only the elder brother Sean Longstaff is still in the team, and the younger brother Matthew Longstaff, who once killed Manchester United, has recently lost his place.
However, the Magpies recently welcomed another pair of brothers - Jamie Miley (Jamie Miley) and Lewis Miley (Lewis Miley), unlike the "long-term brothers", the "Miley brothers" first ran out of the younger brother Lewis Miley, last year won the Jack Hixon Trophy, which symbolizes the most promising young player, and even played the first game against Chelsea in the final game of last season, becoming the youngest Premier League player in Newcastle United history.
As soon as the transfer window opened this season, the team immediately paid £52 million from AC Milan** midfielder Sandro Tonali, plus the team already had midfielders such as Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton, Joe Willock, Sean Longstaff and Elliott Anderson, unless the midfielder was injured once, he would hardly have a chance to play as a seventh midfielder, so the outside world is unanimously expected that the young star in the team will be loaned to learn from experience.
However, Eddie Howe did not follow suit, casually lending out young players who did not have a place in the team, saying that Lewis Miley was still too young to go out on loan at this age, and believed that he would have a chance to play for the Magpies this season. His decision now appears to have come true, as the team is now plagued by a wave of injuries, a series of injuries in the midfield position, and Sandro Tonali's suspension for gambling, which has made Lewis McLey the Thunder's rescuer, making him the youngest player in Newcastle United's history to play in one tough game after another, including league games against Chelsea and Manchester United, and Champions League Group of Death against Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain.
In terms of the national team, Lewis Miley's excellent performance in the pre-season warm-up also saw him be called up to the England Under-19 team, where he played two friendlies with the team, and was one of the few players in the squad with Premier League experience, in addition to becoming the youngest player in the team, he also became a team-mate with Jude Bellingham.
Even though he has only been out of school for a few months, Miley is very mature on the court, and with his height of 1.85 meters, he doesn't look like he is only 17 years old when he doesn't look at the baby face. Anthony Gordon, who recently faced Chelsea and Manchester United in the penalty area, said it took him months to properly understand Eddie Howe's complex tactics and that when he arrived from Everton in January last year, he couldn't fully understand what he had to do. It's no wonder Eddie Howe described him as a 'brilliant brain', and his calm approach to Chelsea was so calm that when everyone thought he was going to shoot, he found Alexander Isak in the six-yard box and set up the latter's unattended goal to become Newcastle United's youngest assister.
From waiting for the opportunity to grasping the opportunity, it only took half a season, and Miley found this opportunity to "help the seedlings" and became a member of the starters. Hopefully, for the rest of the season, under the gradual approach of the team and coach Eddie Howe, Miley will be able to grow steadily even with the arrival of the oil king.