Sean Longstaff wore a microphone during Newcastle United training and the footage is gold

Newcastle United have been in tremendous form over the past few months.

Eddie Howe’s side looked to be in danger of relegation at the turn of the year.

But a series of impressive results have propelled them to 14th and nine points clear of the drop-zone.

Newcastle have spent the past few weeks training in Dubai during the international break.

Sean Longstaff, who came through the club’s academy, wasn’t called up for England duty and thus trained with the squad as normal.

Newcastle thought it would be a good idea for him to wear a microphone during one of their training sessions.

And the footage is gold. During the training session, Longstaff compares Matt Ritchie to Marcelo, complains he’s still half-asleep and sings Dwight Gayle’s song.

Longstaff also struggles with suncream getting in his eyes and charges around the pitch with limited vision.

Watch a condensed version below…

And watch the full 19-minute video of him being mic’d up in training below…

Brilliant. Newcastle will be back in Premier League action on Sunday when they travel to north London to take on Tottenham Hotspur.

Eddie Howe has spoke about the club’s recent form and looked forward to the game against Antonio Conte’s side.

He said, per Newcastle United’s official website: “I think the two games we had have been very different but the same outcome – narrow 1-0 defeats very late in the game,” he said. “It’s been a difficult one to take – both games have been very difficult to take, because we felt we had given a lot.

“In the Chelsea game, defensively we were excellent, and it was a very frustrating feeling. In the Everton game, in the first half we were excellent, in the second half I think we fell away from those high levels.

“Now we need to regroup and go