On-loan Sheffield Wednesday winger Jacob Murphy opens up on next season’s ambitions and role Steve Bruce played in Owls move

The Magpies spent £10m on Murphy’s services in 2017 but the 25-year-old failed to make an impact at St James Park, arriving at Wednesday on a season-long loan this summer.

And after a slow start in an Owls shirt, Murphy has been a regular in recent weeks, picking up the club’s player of the month award for February.

Asked about his long-term future, the former Norwich man said: “My future is not on my mind at the moment. I'm enjoying my football at Wednesday, I've still got some targets I want to reach with the club here.

“I'm going to do everything in my power to try and achieve that, and then hopefully go into the summer with the fire in the belly.

“Hopefully an opportunity comes up where I can impress Steve Bruce and show him I can play for the football club.

“I will never give up on that dream of being a regular at Newcastle.”

Murphy is a lifelong Newcastle supporter and made it clear that he found it difficult going from a Carrow Road regular to a bit-part player at Newcastle.

But he hopes he can carry the confidence taken in his current run of form back to the North East and to Bruce, who he revealed had recommended Wednesday to him after his shock switch from Hillsborough just three weeks before the season.

"You end up questioning and doubting yourself a lot,” he told Chronicle Live. “Looking back, I shouldn't have doubted myself.

"The talent and capability has always been there, it's just having that self-belief.

"Since this loan and with the help of my team-mates and Garry Monk, I've rediscovered that."

Much of Murphy’s family is from Newcastle. It’s clear why he dreams of making that move a success.

He said: “It was a move you could never say no to.

"Yeah, I would have liked to have played more up until this point. But I'm still very hopeful in the future it will all work out."