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title: "Newcastle considering deal to sign Arsenal midfielder Stan Flaherty"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2019-10-30T07:30:30Z"
modified: "2019-10-30T07:30:30Z"
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# Newcastle considering deal to sign Arsenal midfielder Stan Flaherty

Newcastle are considering a deal to sign Arsenal midfielder Stan Flaherty following a trial with the club.

Flaherty played for Newcastle’s under-18 side earlier this month in a 3-0 defeat to Liverpool and the club are weighing up a deal for the attacking midfielder.

[According to The Chronicle,](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-arsenal-stan-flaherty-17164090) Newcastle could sign Flaherty due to his lack of game time at Arsenal this season. The report also claims that he had a trial at West Ham earlier this year.

### READ NEWCASTLE VERDICT

Is this a good move from the club?

![Jack Thomas/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnewcastle.com/readnewcastle/sites/20/2019/10/1164011356.jpg)

Whilst it is almost impossible to tell if it would be a good signing, as under-18 games are not readily available to watch, it is impressive that the club are looking to invest in their youth set-up.

The fact that Newcastle are trying to improve their youth squads and add more quality to their teams below the first-team shows that there is a clear plan in place. The club are trying to bring through young players, much like the Longstaff brothers, which can only be a good thing.

Who does not love seeing an academy player breakthrough into the first-team and succeed? Newcastle adding further quality to their academy will surely only give the club a greater chance of bleeding through more and more fresh blood into the first-team.