Newcastle United winger Allan Saint-Maximin was spotted enjoying a relaxed warm-up ahead of Saturday’s Premier League match-up against West Ham United.
As reported by The Athletic, the Frenchman was swaying in rhythm to the song Tunnel Of Love, which was blaring out of the speakers at St James’ Park.
As he stretched his hips, the 25-year-old tried to make Magpies teammate Joelinton laugh – obviously very comfortable ahead of kick-off.
It didn’t matter that it was his return to the starting XI for the first time since August; Saint-Maximin remained as composed as ever.
Hilariously, the attacker reportedly got distracted by a new poster of himself in the Gallowgate End whist warming up to play Southampton on Tuesday.
New boy Anthony Gordon was taking a far more serious approach to the match at the weekend, hoping to impress Eddie Howe on his debut for the Toon.
Saint-Maximin looked relaxed as ever
Although this approach may usually work for Saint-Maximin, it didn’t seem to set him in good stead for the match against West Ham.
It was a disappointing evening for the Frenchman, by his own standards.
Despite managing to speed past Vladimir Coufal a few times, he failed to get many crosses into the box.
The winger only managed one blocked shot all game, but that can equally be attributed to the Newcastle team failing to get him on the ball more often.
Coming off the bench for the last 20 minutes, Gordon looked assured as he settled straight into the action. His debut was a lively and exciting watch for Toon fans – hopefully a sign of more things to come.
Saint-Maximin now has a lot of competition for his spot in the Magpies XI. It will be interesting to see who Howe opts to go with going forward, so hopefully the 25-year-old can demonstrate why he deserves to be in contention.
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