Newcastle United managing director Lee Charnley says the club want to make their academy the best in the region.

Toon's academy was brought under the spotlight after graduate Matty Longstaff scored the winning goal against Manchester United last Saturday.

Longstaff was one of four local players in the team, including brother Sean, and Charnley says the club will continue to give Newcastle natives a chance.

You hear people talking about footballers being mercenaries. These are two boys who desperately want to play for their hometown club," he said.

"To see Sean do it last year and Matty get his opportunity — and he looked like it was his 25th or 50th game, not his first — was so pleasing for everyone. I think it was fantastic and we've seen the public reaction, not just the Newcastle public. I saw what Gary Neville tweeted after the game.

"We want to be the best academy in the region. Our vision is we want local boys to look at it and think it's not going to be full of boys from London, Manchester or abroad. Between nine and 16, it will be an academy with boys predominantly from the local area. There will be exceptions but generally, it will be local.

"Other clubs may move boys around the country, sign them at 12, 13, 14, move their education. We're not doing that. Consciously, we have made a decision not to do that and to give local boys the opportunity."