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Newcastle already have £20m solution, Joelinton's injury confirmed and transfer bonus - 5 things

Newcastle United have sent Burnley down following a 2-1 win against the Clarets at Turf Moor on the final day of the season.

Callum Wilson opened the scoring from the spot in the 20th minute after Nathan Collins handled the ball inside the area and the Newcastle number nine doubled the visitors' lead on the hour mark with a composed finish. Burnley did manage to pull one back through Maxwel Cornet in the 67th minute but Newcastle managed to hold on to finish the campaign in 11th place following a remarkable turnaround under Eddie Howe.

Here are five things we learned from the game.

Just as Newcastle's recent games against the might of Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal were a gauge of how far the Magpies had come, and still had to go, so too was this trip to Burnley. The Clarets may have been languishing in 17th place, but Mike Jackson's side were fighting for their lives on the final day and needed to better Leeds' result at Brentford.

Turf Moor was, unsurprisingly, rocking so just how would these Newcastle players handle such a hostile atmosphere after previously dropping below their usual standards when facing another relegation-threatened side, Everton, at a bouncing Goodison Park a couple of months previously?

Howe made just two changes as Kieran Trippier made his first start since February and club captain Jamaal Lascelles came in for Fabian Schar, who suffered a blow to the head against Arsenal. Newcastle produced their best performance of the season against the Gunners last time out and, clearly, Howe was not about to do Burnley, his former side, any favours. As Callum Wilson put it before the game, 'you never want to relegate a team but, at the end of the day, we've got a job to do'.

Howe had previously earmarked

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