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'Everyone needs to come together' - Lascelles issues rallying cry as Magpies seek harmony

Having signed a new six-year deal to keep him at St James' Park, the 24-year-old asked for fans to get behind the club and their divisive chairman

Newcastle United captain Jamaal Lascelles has issued a rallying cry to the club’s fanbase, calling upon them to help restore off-field harmony by abandoning planned boycotts protesting against Mike Ashley’s ownership.

Rafa Benitez's Magpies have endured a torrid season so far and sit one place above bottom in the Premier League table on three points, with only Huddersfield beneath them on goal difference.

But Lascelles, who penned a new six-year deal on Tyneside earlier this month, has urged supporters to band together and offer their support to the club as a whole in the current tough times as discontent continues to stew around St James’ Park.