Newcastle striker Callum Wilson: Reaching Champions League dream come true

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28 Apr 2023 • 1:59 AM MYT
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Newcastle United striker Callum Wilson has opened up about his dream of playing in the Champions League.

The English striker is well aware of what is at stake for the Magpies during the remainder of this season.

With a 6-1 win over Tottenham last time out, the Magpies took a giant step towards a top four finish.

"If I'm being honest, I can smell Champions League football you know. It's getting closer, I can smell it Michail!" Wilson told West Ham striker Michail Antonio on BBC Sport's The Footballer's Football Podcast.

"But we've still got a few games to go, we've got a big week up ahead. At the end of next week, on the next pod, ask me again because we'd have had two games against two tricky opponents and if we can get six points out of those games, then we're one step closer and we'll have one foot into Europe.

"But if we don't get the results we desire, then it could be a different story. Big games, the only thing I'm thinking is that it's two games in a short space of time so I might get some minutes!

"Everton, they're in the relegation zone so they're going to have high motivation levels so we have to make sure we match them because we have a Champions League achievement that's on the line.

"Southampton at home, the last two home games have been Manchester United and Tottenham and we've beaten them both. So Southampton are bottom-of-the-league but that'll be a difficult game because we saw what happened to Arsenal recently.

"They raced into a lead and what a fantastic game that was. We can't afford that to happen because they'll shut up shop and make it difficult to break them down."