Newcastle midfielder Jonas Gutierrez impressed by the performance of youngster Shane Ferguson

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Newcastle winger Jonas Gutierrez has heaped praise young full back Shane Ferguson after he made his first starting appearance for the club in Saturday’s 4-1 win over Wolves.

Ferguson made his full debut for the club after an injury to first-choice left-back Jose Enrique and the Argentine international believes he has a bright future ahead of him.

“I know Fergie Shane Ferguson because we have trained together every day. Maybe the fans don’t know him too much because he’s a young player, but he has a great future,” he told reporters.

“He still has a lot to learn, but he is young and if he thinks about what he can do, he can have a great future at Newcastle.

“He has to be prepared to play and to be ready when the team needs him.”

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew had initially begged Enrique to play in the game but his medical staff advised that the Spaniard wouldn’t be able to play so Ferguson was called upon and Pardew was delighted with his impact on the team.

He added: “I will mention Fergie because this boy, it’s before his time, really.”

“He shouldn’t be playing in a game of that magnitude, but we didn’t have many bodies and he came in and was absolutely brilliant. I really enjoyed his performance.

“A full Premier League game, you don’t understand the levels it is at. He’s a young boy and he just had a little calf strain through the rigours of playing at that level.

“But he will be fine and probably available for next week, hopefully.”