Newcastle United midfielder Sean Longstaff has said he was "distracted" by speculation linking him with a move to Manchester United in the summer transfer window.
The 21-year-old told NUFC TV (h/t Jack Perry at Sky Sports) that he found it difficult to avoid talk of interest from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Red Devils:
"You can sometimes get distracted by the outside noise and, maybe for a little bit in the summer, I did. It's hard not to when you go anywhere and you see your face on the front of a newspaper or you turn the telly on and people are talking about you.