The pair are struggling to usurp Paul Dummett in the pecking order at St James’ Park.
Newcastle United take on Preston North End in the Championship later today, hoping for a repeat performance from the EFL Cup tie between the two sides this week – in which Newcastle romped to a 6-0 win.
The usual suspects were all hard at work in Newcastle training this week but the presence of one player certainly caught the eye.
Newcastle’s Massadio Haidara and Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin
Massadio Haidara is something of a forgotten man at Newcastle United. The French left-back has struggled with injury problems since his move to the north-east and is now struggling to get any first-team football under the tutelage of Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez.
In fact, the 23-year-old has not played for Newcastle since a 6-2 win against Norwich City in the Premier league back in October 2015 – over a year ago.
It would certainly be a surprise to see him pop up against Preston this weekend.
He does appear to be chummy with another struggling Newcastle left-back. Achraf Lazaar has played just six minutes of Championship football for the club since the Moroccan made the move from Palermo in the summer.
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He might have more of a chance than Haidara of first-team football under Benitez – but both look unlikely to wrestle the position away from Welshman Paul Dummett at present.
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