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The former Newcastle United midfielder Jermaine Jenas says if he was a young player now, he wouldn't sign for the club. Jenas joined Newcastle as a teenager in 2002 but says the club has different aspirations now to what it did when he signed. "When you look at Newcastle now, I think they feel lost to an extent. "I joined Newcastle because they were a club full of aspiration with world class players. Shearer was there, Bellamy, Dyer. Players all striving to get in the Champions League and we achieved that two years on the spin. When asked whether he would join the club now if he was a young player, Jenas responded, "I wouldn't have gone there, it's as simple as that. "As a teenager aspiring to achieve things in the Premier League is Newcastle one of those clubs anymore which make you go 'yeah I know I can go there and achieve a lot and develop into the player that I want?' I'm not so sure." This clip is from 5 live sport, Sunday 5th April 2015.
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