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Ciaran Kelly

Newcastle United players loved Jetro Willems' reminder on Eintracht Frankfurt's training pitch

Jetro Willems looks full of confidence and the Dutchman's former Newcastle United team-mates certainly enjoyed his latest training video - which left some Eintracht Frankfurt players red-faced.

The 26-year-old's loan spell with Newcastle was cut short after he suffered a serious knee injury in the Magpies' win against Chelsea in January.

Following a gruelling rehabilitation, Willems has been back in contact training with Eintracht and the wing-back posted a short video of him in action during a seven-a-side game at the club's training ground on Thursday.

A camera was positioned from an elevated platform to record the session - presumably for analysis purposes - and it captured two near-identical moments of brilliance from Willems out on the right-hand side.

Willems wrongfooted his dazed opponent with an elastico before leaving his marker on his backside later in the game with a 360 degree turn.

The defender edited the two clips into a short compliation complete with GIFs and the video has been watched more than 12,000 times.

A number of Willems' former Newcastle team-mates, including Jamaal Lascelles, Joelinton, Sean Longstaff, Emil Krafth, Matty Longstaff and Florian Lejeune, liked the video.

Willems, who is out of contract this summer, is building up his fitness at the moment and it will be interesting to see whether he makes a first-team appearance for Frankfurt in the coming months or if a potential suitor comes in next month when the transfer window reopens.

The Dutchman naturally feels he has unfinished business at Newcastle and would one day love to return to St James' Park if the opportunity arose.

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