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Callum Wilson looks forward to noise of brighter tomorrow at Newcastle | Louise Taylor

10-Sep-2020 16:00:17 | The Guardian

The £20m signing is relishing the prospect of scoring before a packed St James’ Park when fans are able to return and says the club is ‘going places’ despite the failed takeover

Callum Wilson surveys the small group of reporters in front of him at Newcastle United’s training ground, noting the way their chairs are all spaced two metres apart and indicates he cannot wait for the “new normal” to end. More specifically, Steve Bruce’s new £20m signing from Bournemouth wants to feel the electric charge occasioned by scoring a goal in front of a once customary 52,000 full house at St James’ Park.

For the moment, the stadium must remain empty, with the atmosphere as antiseptic as the contents of the hand sanitiser bottles placed strategically around the indoor barn where the striker is addressing his new public. Wilson, though, cannot wait to feel the noise of a brighter tomorrow.