The 5 most important Newcastle players this season? Voted by fans

On Friday morning we asked the question: Which 5 Newcastle players are most important for this season?

Only five Premier League matches played so far but a lot of opinions already being formed.

We listed the entire 25 man Premier League senior squad, plus Mikel Merino and Freddie Woodman who still qualify as Under 21 players.

From these 27 choices, we asked supporters to give us your 5 most important Newcastle players.

This is the support each player received as one of the key five players this season:

93% Ritchie

83% Merino

77% Lascelles

61% Clark

37% Elliot

34% Shelvey

33% Joselu

25% Atsu

14% Hayden

9% Mitrovic

8% Gayle

7% Lejeune

6% Mbemba

5% Perez

4% Yedlin

1% Dummett

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