The 17-year-old starlet who bossed Chelsea’s World Cup winner now has to stop Kylian Mbappe and co in Newcastle’s do or die clash
Lewis Miley already has a World Cup winner in his pocket, but now the entire might of Paris will be targeting the 17-year-old.
The local midfielder completed his graduation from the Newcastle academy in defeat to Bournemouth, but against Chelsea he looked like a seasoned veteran.
Pulling the strings in a injury-hit XI, Miley was instrumental in a 4-1 destruction job of the £1billion Blues, even notching up an assist for Alexander Isak’s glorious opener.
But it was his all-round game that impressed so much, with the Gateshead-born youngster making things look easy against £106million 2022 World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez.
After, the praise was effusive, with Bruno Guimaraes winning the quote of the weekend award by saying: «Lewis Miley is a star — he is massive. When I was 17, sorry to use the word but I was s***.”
Jamaal Lascelles added that he’s certain Miley ‘is going to be a beast’ and at least in the short term he will have to be.
Magpies manager Eddie Howe has revealed that Miley will likely start again in Newcastle’s next game, a monumental Champions League away tie against Paris Saint-Germain, live on talkSPORT.
The reverse fixture at St James Park was one of the biggest moments in Newcastle’s modern history, smashing the 2020 finalists and record Ligue 1 winners 4-1.
Since then, though, it’s been back-to-back defeats against Borussia Dortmund, leaving Howe’s troops bottom of Group F.
PSG, meanwhile, seem to have found somewhat of a groove, with their players finally responding to Luis Enrique’s unique management style on the training ground and in press conferences.
Star man Kylian Mabppe seems to have adjusted, responding to the Spaniard’s startling criticism of his hat-trick performance in a 3-0 win over Reims where he
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