Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce isn't giving up on keeping hold of Matty Longstaff.

The Sun says the Geordie youngster is a free agent having left the Magpies at the end of the season.

But despite being offered a bumper contract by Serie A side Udinese, and reportedly holding talks with Leeds, Longstaff is yet to make a decision.

The midfielder, 20, was on just £850-a-week at Newcastle but a vastly improved offer –believed to be an incentivised package with a base £20,000-a-week- is still on the table.

Bruce has consistently urged the midfielder to stay at his boyhood club and has kept in contact with him over the summer.

And the Magpies boss retains hope that Longstaff will join up with the rest of the squad for pre-season.