Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce is full of praise for Isaac Hayden.
Midfielder Hayden's versatility has proved a boon this season, with Bruce repeatedly having had to ask him to play out of position during a season blighted by injuries to key players.
He said: “He's been very valuable because of his versatility, of course, and that helps enormously.
“Stan Ternent, my old chief scout, who watched Isaac as a boy when he was at Arsenal, always said his best position, he thought, was at centre-back.
“Certainly when you see him perform the way he did and the way he has done numerous times at centre-back, then it does give you food for thought. He's also played right-back, which he does very, very well too.
“Look, a manager needs one or two of them because of the problems he can have either during a game or when you're struck down a bit like we have been."