Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe is eager to bring through talent from the academy.

Howe has managed attended academy training sessions despite being ultra busy. He likes the look of 19-year-old Lucas De Bolle while there are also hopes for Dylan Stephenson and exciting playmaker Jay Turner-Cooke.

Reflecting on the Under-18s' tough campaign, Howe told Chronicle Live: "I don't think results are the be all and end all. So even if teams have struggled or not had the best season as a team, for me it's not about that.

"It is about the individuals coming through to the first-team here. Definitely if there is a disconnect, I want to bring the Academy, the Under-23s, everything, closer to us.

"We try to do that already to an extent by having training once a week with the Under-23s who come in with the first-team. We try to integrate things that way."

Howe said earlier in the season if the game needed a player like De Bolle, a technically gifted midfielder with a fine range of passing, he would not hesitate to name him in his starting line-up. Anderson's next phase of development will also be interesting.

Howe said: "I think that's important that we embrace everything to do with the football club. Nothing would please me more than to bring two or three players through per year that can really compete and get into the first-team. That might be some way off but I'd love to do that."