Newcastle United legend Malcolm Macdonald is critical of Paul Dummett for signing new contract.
Supermac is baffled that the defender has chosen to stay with the Magpies.
He wrote for ChronicleLive: "I've always had a soft spot for Paul. I've seen him as a replica of my old team-mate Frank Clark. A local lad who has given such long and loyal service to United and whose defensive capabilities have been second to none.
"For a while under the old regime I rated Dummett as the best defender in the club, a sound left-back more than capable of filling in as left sided centre-half. Now however he is well short of Sven Botman and cannot get into the side in his original position because of Dan Burn, a central defender filling in at left-back.
"All of which brings me back to my point. Why has Dummett committed himself to a further season? He is 32 next birthday and didn't play a single Premier League game last season. Indeed he is not even United's cover left-back - Matt Targett is.
"I cannot get my head round why any player is not looking to play as much as possible because it is a very short career. Perhaps I know better than most how you can regret a shortened playing time."
