'I feel like' - Newcastle United forward with Carabao Cup medal open to January loan
Newcastle United teenage forward Sean Neave is highly rated by Eddie Howe and his coaching staff.
Newcastle United starlet Sean Neave is open to spending the second half of the 2025-26 season out on loan.
The 18-year-old is yet to make a competitive appearance for Eddie Howe’s side but is highly rated by the Magpies’ head coach, who has taken a closer look at the forward across 2025.
Neave has often trained with the first team and has featured among the substitutes nine times, including the Carabao Cup final win over Liverpool at Wembley in March in which he picked up a winners’ medal.
The boyhood Newcastle fan’s senior involvement extended into pre-season, where he made his debut in a friendly away to Celtic. He has continued to play regularly for the academy, boosting an impressive record of 31 goals in his last 61 games for the under-18 and under-21s.
Newcastle United starlet Sean Neave wins Wor Jackie Award
Last week, Neave’s efforts were recognised by Sport Newcastle as he picked up the Wor Jackie Award - named in honour of club legend Jackie Milburn, following in the footsteps of the likes of Lewis Miley, Elliot Anderson, Adam Armstrong and Andy Carroll.
On winning the award, Neave said: “It means a lot to me to win this award obviously as a Newcastle fan and coming from the city in the club.
“Obviously the passion in this club, it's just one club and everyone in the city loves Newcastle. I don't think you can get one person in Newcastle who doesn't like Newcastle so obviously it means a lot to me winning this award.
“I've supported the club since I was young, since I was born really so obviously making my debut in pre-season against Celtic was one of the best moments I've had so far in my career and then the cup final, that was an unbelievable moment as well, obviously winning some silverware with the club, it was just unbelievable.
“Playing for the club and playing for my boyhood club, it's just been top.”
Sean Neave open to leaving Newcastle United on loan
Neave has set his sights on following those aforementioned players in breaking into Newcastle’s first team. And to get there, the teenager revealed he is prepared to go out on loan in January, should the right opportunity arise.
He told Pod on the Tyne: “There has not been much talk about it but I think, for me, I feel like I should go out on loan and get the experience of first-team football, play week in, week out, then come back at the end of the season and see what happens from there.
“I’ll just take the season as it goes on and see what happens.”
What Eddie Howe has said about Sean Neave
Speaking about Neave’s development last season, Howe said: "We have used him in various roles but what I will say is he is a goalscorer. We find in training and practice games he will pop up with a goal which is a great skill to have!
"He’s doing very well. He’s very young and I need reminding of that sometimes because he is competing on an even field technically. Physically, he has a lot of growth to come, he has to fill out his body. It is probably now about finding him a set position.”