Newcastle United star Jacob Murphy is full of confidence ahead of potentially having to take Chelsea on very soon.
The Toon have had a great Champions League campaign and are now through to the next round of the competition, potentially setting up a next round tie against Chelsea, or even Barcelona.
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Newcastle are the top scorers in the Champions League with 26 goals, and have won six games in a single campaign in the competition for the first time.
Chelsea will play either Newcastle OR PSG/Monaco the round of 16, with another draw needing to take place to confirm.
Murphy not fazed
Murphy had just been asked whether he wanted Barcelona or Chelsea in the last 16 of the Champions League.
“Anyone,” he immediately responded on Amazon Prime after his side beat Qarabag 3-2 to secure a dominant 9-3 win on aggregate.
“Honestly, with this group of players, we will take anyone on. Especially with knockout football, we back ourselves. Bring on whoever’s to come.”
Quotes cited by The BBC.
Howe also seems confident
Eddie Howe speaks about Newcastle's team.
Eddie Howe speaks about Newcastle’s team.
“We will have to go in with that mindset again, whoever we get in the next round.”
In other news today…
Sevilla have just wrapped up a deal for a player who was being strongly linked to Chelsea’s sister club Strasbourg.
Chelsea had been tracking Omari Kellyman for two years before he eventually signed for the Blues for £19m, a source told the Athletic.
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