Newcastle United

Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey suffered terrible luck in pre-season but that could about to change.

He brings balance to the side and allows Bruno to nudge up the field even further. Shelvey was put through his paces and weather aside it was a reminder of how hard the 30-year-old worked in pre-season. The weather was slightly different to that humid night in Lisbon in pre-season when Shelvey made his return to action in the capital against Spurs. Shelvey had been summoned a lot earlier by Eddie Howe and it had at one point looked like he would get 10 minutes or so to regain that magical feeling of stepping on to the Premier League stage. Slowly but surely Shelvey has is being eased back but the real dilemma is who he'd replace. Jonjo Shelvey was in unbelievable shape during Newcastle United's pre-season tours of Austria and Portugal.