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Newcastle United are taking a look at Finland Under-16 striker Mauro Severino.

The teenager made an instant impression this week when Newcastle’s Under-18s beat Blackpool 4-3, grabbing a hat-trick in a behind-closed-doors game at Little Benton.

Severino then took to Twitter to say: “Big win for the lads, 4-3 over Blackpool. Proud to score three goals.”

Severino is listed as being a player with Tampere Pallo-Veikot and has made 16 appearances for the club despite his young age.

Newcastle’s head of recruitment Steve Nickson continues to run the rule over talented youngsters after recent success stories including Kevin Mbabu and Ayoze Perez, while he also had a hand in the capture of Rolando Aarons.

Newcastle will continue to scour the local grassroots area too and are hoping to find more players like Cal Roberts, who scored twice this week against Aston Villa reserves, and Adam Armstrong, who is currently the leading scorer in all four divisions with Coventry City after bagging 11 goals for the Sky Blues.

United’s Under-21 team will head to Blyth Spartans on Saturday for the Northumberland Senior Cup tie at Croft Park (3pm). Admission is £5 adults and £3 for concessions.