Speaking to the Star, boss Paul Warne said; “We’ve taken the option on him, He’s more than happy with that. In fact, he’s pretty chuffed. Then it’s my job over the summer to convince him to sign a longer one."
“I think Newell, like everyone else, wants to play Championship football. I completely understand that. I’m hopeful that if we do go up this year then I can extend that contract."
“He’s been brilliant this year. This is the best I’ve seen him. At least I know he’s our player for the next 14 months. I’m hopefully going to try to convince him, with the chairman’s backing, to stay longer. I can’t see it being a problem.”
“I’d expect interest in him in the summer, I’d expect interest in a few of our players. It’s not that we’re a selling club. I always think that teams that come out of the Championship sometimes look at the players in the league below who have done really well. And he is definitely one of those."
“I’m not trying to engage interest in him. But I understand that if you’ve watched Newelly play in some games this year then you’d think: ‘Wow, he is some player.’, I could say that about a lot of our players. There could be interest in Smithy, Palmer, Vaulks. But, as I sit here now, no-one has phoned me about any of them.”