Love at first sight for Tonali on Tyneside

Tonali probed and prodded, calculated and cajoled in a sumptuous debut, playing a central role in ensuring Newcastle purred along at a perfect pace throughout to contemptuously swat away one of the clubs eyeing their coveted place among English football's top four. 
Love at first sight for Tonali on Tyneside

MINE'S A TONALI: A supporters flag referencing the Italian beer Moretti, pays tribute to Sandro Tonali of Newcastle United Pic: Stu Forster/Getty Images

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HOMESICKNESS is an affliction encountered by footballers down the generations, and Sandro Tonali is no different. It's not a crime and many can sympathise with such a predicament, especially with a first move abroad.

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