Joelinton's rise to stardom gives Newcastle United £15m man hope

Jamal Lewis can take hope from Joelinton’s turnaround in status at Newcastle United in the fight for his own future at the club. The Northern Irish international faces a big summer after a testing 21 months on Tyneside.

The left-back joined from Norwich City in September 2020 but has so far failed to hit the heights of his debut Premier League season with the Canaries. A mixture of poor form and injuries has left a question mark over his Toon future.

Having suffered an injury in the first few weeks of Eddie Howe’s reign, the 24-year-old required surgery and was then left out of the Premier League squad come to the turn of the year. Yet despite his poor start to life at Newcastle, there is hope that Howe can improve Lewis in the same way he did with Joelinton and Emil Krafth.

Both men in a matter of months have gone from two of the most criticised players in black and white to being heavily praised for their performances in the second half of the 2021-22 campaign. Speaking on , host Andrew Musgrove claimed their turnaround would give Lewis hope of something similar - something Newcastle United Editor Aaron Stokes agreed with.

“100%,” he said, “It gives Lewis hope that Howe is this miracle worker that can turn his career around. On the flip side let's say the takeover hadn't happened and we were here with an offer for Lewis - he might be going 'I'm going to be leaving this midtable team to go to another and show what I can do,' but now he has got the incentive to say 'I'm going to graft for my place' and show he deserves to be part of this team who ambitions to reach Europe.

“If he can do that and find that form that he showed while at Norwich, he's going to stay.”

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