New Newcastle manager Steve Bruce insisted Sean Longstaff is not for sale at any price following his side's 2-1 pre-season loss to Preston on Saturday.

Longstaff has only made eight Premier League appearances for the Magpies yet has reportedly caught the eye of Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following some impressive performances at the end of last season.

United are known to be keen to strengthen in midfielder, and Solskjaer sees Longstaff as exactly the type of player he wants to bring in.

But speaking to Sky Sports News Bruce said the club had no intentions to cash in on Longstaff.

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"You never want to lose your best young players, and I think we've made it pretty evident that we won't," Bruce said.

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"We're concentrating on Sean now, getting his knee right. It's his 10th or 11th training session since he hurt his knee.

"I'll just repeat what the owner said - he's not for sale."

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Longstaff came on as a second half substitute during Newcastle's loss to Preston, in which they took the lead through a Jonjo Shelvey free-kick before conceding two second-half penalties to Paul Gallagher after Miguel Almiron missed one for the Magpies.

Newcastle have two more friendlies against Hibernian and St-Etienne before their first game of the Premier League season at home against Arsenal on Sunday 11 August.

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They are amongst the favourites to be relegated following a tumultuous summer which has seen them lose their popular manager Rafa Benitez as well as last season's top goalscorer Ayoze Perez to Leicester .

They have, however, managed to complete the £40m signing of striker Joelinton, who made his debut against Preston, winning the penalty which was missed by Almiron.

Bruce is also reportedly keen to bring in Paris Saint-Germain defender Stanley N'Soki, with the two clubs in talks over a fee for the player.