The new normal for Newcastle United – and England

A transfer to Newcastle United is now a great career move for players with England ambitions – as underlined by Anthony Gordon, Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento.

Dan Burn has established himself in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.

Watching England’s win over Serbia, I was reminded of one particular statistic from the Mike Ashley era.

There was a time when it was unusual to see one Newcastle United player in an England squad, let alone two in the starting XI and another on the bench.

Last night, Anthony Gordon and Tin…