Rolando Aarons hopes his preseason form earns him a place in Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew's first team plans.
The young winger has been outstanding in friendly action.
"It is up to the manager, but I'm going to try and make his decision as difficult as possible, it's my job really," he said.
"I'm no-one yet. It is just pre-season and I haven't done anything in big games, so I'm just going to keep my head down and work hard."
And Aarons would rather not head out on loan this season.
"I'm hoping to get involved in a first team this season and make an impact," he added.
"Before every game I pray to not be injured and just go out and be guided to a performance.
"I worked so hard off-season. I wasn't expecting to be pushing for the first team, so I'm surprised. But I'm happy with what I did off-season - it gave me the opportunity to do what I'm doing here."
