Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has sung the praises of Dan Burn for his form this season.

Howe admits the defender offers something different.

Howe said: He's been magnificent. He's unusual. There are not many Dan Burn-type players playing football.

He's done so well to adapt to the position, but it's a position he's played before, so it's not new to him. It's just new to him for us, but technically he's been very good.

Defensively, he's got a brilliant mindset to defending. He enjoys defending, he wants to defend.

You can see in the last two games, the amount of good decisions he's made against very good opponents, whether that's a fast tricky winger or someone who is good positionally.

He finds a way to react really well in-game to make adjustments to deal with his opponent."

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