Newcastle fans have taken to Twitter to express their delight after their highly-rated academy striker Elias Sorensen signed a new three-year deal with the club.

The 19-year-old has been in blistering form for the Magpies Under-23 side this season, scoring 19 goals in all competitions. His form has led to many of the Tyneside-based club's fans calling for the young Dane to be given a run in the first-team, and now he has committed his future to Newcastle, we may be about to see Rafa Benitez do just that.

Only the form of Salomon Rondon appears to be keeping Magpies' supporters from losing their minds, as many of them have completely given up on the Venezuelan's understudy Joselu, who put in a shambolic performance against Blackburn in the FA Cup.

Let's take a look at some of the best tweets from a fanbase bereft of transfer news, who will quite rightly view this contract renewal as 'like a new signing'...