Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey admits he's treasuring the years left in his career.

Shelvey turns 30 in a fortnight.

"I speak like I'm 36, but I've learned over the years that it creeps up on you, do you know what I mean? I'm not 24, 25 anymore," he told the club's website.

"I don't know how long you've got left at the top level but I'm just trying to enjoy it, every day, whereas before I'd come into training sometimes, I'd be tired and stuff like that. Now I'm itching to get to training. I just want to train and maximise the most of what I can do. That's what I've learned with this new manager as well."

Has he always been able, or felt free enough, to enjoy it all?

"I've learned to as I've got older. You don't know how many days you've got left in terms of being a footballer. I don't want it to end," he replies. "I'm just going to keep playing and playing and playing until my body says no more. But I feel like I've got some good, good years left in me. The way I am at the minute, in terms of physicality and stuff like that, if I keep improving that, I can keep playing until God knows when. I'm enjoying being here, and being at the top level."