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' Brotherly love '

Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:55 am

Brotherly love

Newcastle United’s Jacob Murphy has admitted it will be strange facing his brother, Cardiff City winger Josh, this weekend.

The two have never played each other competitvely before but could come face to face in the Bluebirds’ first Premier League home game of the season.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Jacob said:

It will be strange having to tackle him. We will swap shirts at full time. Or maybe half time and have a go on each other’s teams. The family will be torn.
They have the Newcastle loyalty as fans, but also the son loyalty. They will both want us to have a good game and the best team to win. I want a Murphy goal and a Newcastle win.
We’ve never had a rivalry
We just support and help each other. We’d boost each other up if one wasn’t doing as well. We were there for each other. At Norwich we looked after each other.
I find it strange how other siblings are so competitive because me and my brother are not against each other.
Each club will say they’ve got the better twin. I am ready for that. Our games are different, others say the same. He plays left, I’m on the right. We both play off either foot.
Both quick? Yeah, that’s a strength.
We won’t talk tactics before the game. I want the three points and so does he. We will be giving nothing away.
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Re: ' Brotherly love '

Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:49 pm

Not likely to happen - Joseph Murphy didn't even make the subs bench for Newcastle last week against Spurs.