It's been a seriously successful season in-charge at Newcastle for manager Rafa Benitez, who knows he has a job on his hands in the Premier League next season.

The Magpies have returned to the top-tier at the first attempt unlike the likes of Aston Villa and the pressure is on the Spaniard to do the business in the Premier League once again.

They couldn't have a better manager to lead them back into the top-tier though and there's one player that we at the FLW think has been seriously good this season, and that's £2.13million-rated midfielder Isaac Hayden.

Of course, the likes of Matt Ritchie and Dwight Gayle have grabbed the headlines for the Magpies for much of the campaign, but Hayden has often slotted in ahead of the defence and done a real job protecting his backline.

He was unfortunate to be deemed surplus to requirements down at the Emirates but he's done himself no dishonour in rebuilding his career in the North East, and it's a move that looks to have done his career more good than it has done bad.

Of course, he's going to have to really step up as his team take to the Premier League next season, but if he can show a shred of what we've seen this time out then he's set for another promising campaign.

Newcastle need as much quality as they can get moving forward and should Isaac continue his development in the way we've seen at times this campaign, he could be a massive part of any success they have next season too.

Newcastle fans - how impressed have you been with Hayden this season? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!