Newcastle United are to table a new contract to Cal Roberts.

The Evening Chronicle says yesterday, Roberts was told he would be kept on by Newcastle.

Details of his new contract are yet to emerge, but it is expected that Rafa Benitez will want to see the North Shields lad loaned out next season to gain some EFL experience.

He has previously had loan spells at Gateshead and Kilmarnock but returned to United after disappointing stints elsewhere.