Allan Saint-Maximin gets fined daily at Newcastle United, according to teammate Jonjo Shelvey.

Shelvey has revealed the Frenchman's outstanding form on the pitch helps him avoid falling out of favour with his training antics.

The former Liverpool star also paid tribute to Saint-Maximin for working on the defensive side of his game.

Shelvey told the Beautiful Game podcast: "He's a lunatic. He's class, man, some player. He's some guy as well.

"He's just one of them who's so laid back. Head to toe in designer gear.

"He gets fined every day because he's got earrings in and stuff like that but if he weren't that good, you'd probably have the hump with him but when he's that good, you don't really want to have a go at him.

"He's been outstanding. For me, as a midfield player, you try and get you're head up and we're a team that plays on the counter-attack so we just have to try and get the ball to him and let him try and dribble around 20 players.

"He's so quick - you just don't know what he's going do with the ball - and he's so raw with his skill.

"He's improved a lot defensively because when he first signed, he didn't really want to track back and things like that but the gaffer's got him doing that."