Newcastle United evening headlines: RB Salzburg's Benjamin Sesko stance, Magpies fly to Portugal

A look at your Newcastle United evening headlines on Thursday 21, July.

RB Salzburg forward Benjamin Sesko can follow in the footsteps of former Newcastle United forward Haris Vuckic after his agent was spotted on Tyneside yesterday. The 19-year-old Slovenian is being touted as the next Erling Haaland, following in the footsteps of the Norwegian in Austria and being tipped to burst onto the scene in Europe.

The 6ft4 striker began his football education in his hometown of Radece, first appearing on the radar in his native country scoring an impressive 59 goals in just 23 games for second division outfit Krsko's Under-15s in 2017-18. That form saw him earn a move to two-time champions Domžale - the club where Vuckic burst onto the scene before signing for Newcastle.

There's plenty of comparisons to be made between the two, with both attracting attention from some of the biggest clubs in Europe despite their young age. However, with young players there's always the danger that they won't fulfil their potential, as was the sad case with Vuckic.

Eddie Howe and Newcastle United set off for Portugal today for part two of the club's summer training camp - with the Toon boss hoping his squad can sharpen up in the final third.

The Magpies couldn't find a breakthrough against Mainz 05 in Monday's 1-0 defeat and didn't score in the first 45 minutes against 1860 Munich before eventually going on to win 3-0. Newcastle will two more chances to improve their goalscoring prowess during the trip to Portugal and despite setting off without another new forward through the door, Howe praised the frontmen he already has in Callum Wilson, Allan Saint-Maximin, Chris Wood, Ryan Fraser and Miguel Almiron.

Howe said: "We always want creativity,