Newcastle star Allan Saint-Maximin "gets fined every day" claims team-mate
Don’t wait around for updates – sign up for our daily football email newsletter today!
Allan Saint-Maximin's Newcastle team-mate Jonjo Shelvey has revealed the French star gets fined every day at training.
Saint-Maximin is one of Newcastle's brightest stars with the forward's skill and attacking talent having come to the fore at the back end of last season.
He has earned plenty of plaudits from fans having helped the Magpies to Premier League safety last campaign.
Though his laid back mentality often lands him in hot water when it comes to training, according to former Liverpool ace Shelvey.
"He's a lunatic. He's class, man, some player. He's some guy as well," Shelvey told The Beautiful Game podcast.
"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 your 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.
Where will Newcastle finish in this season's Premier League? Let us know in the comments section below
"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."
Though Shelvey also praise Saint-Maximin's work without the ball, adding: "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," he continued.
"That's just going to make him even better.
"I remember the goal he scored against Sheffield United with his head – the leap. That was up there with [Cristiano] Ronaldo's leaping and you don't see him in the gym or anything like that.
"He's just one of those footballers who's got the electric pace and I can't speak highly enough of him."
Get your hands on your club's special edition 2021/22 annual. Find out more here.
- Newcastle United FC
Source: Read Full Article