NEWPORT County AFC manager Michael Flynn hopes the success of Ben White’s loan spell could help him bring more Premier League prospects to Rodney Parade next season.

White is set to make his 48th appearance of the season tomorrow afternoon as County take on Barnet at The Hive Stadium.

The 20-year-old centre-back has been rewarded for his superb performances in League Two with a new contract at his parent club Brighton & Hove Albion.

And Flynn feels that is the perfect news to help persuade other promising youngsters to try their luck with the Exiles next season and convince big clubs that Newport is the ideal place for their talent to be developed.

“It shows that we look after them the right way,” said the boss.

“Premier League clubs or top Championship clubs who are thinking about loaning to us will look at Ben White as an example and hope we do the same with their players.

“I’ll be identifying the Premier League boys that we want to try to get and we’ve already been looking.”

Flynn is hoping to take advantage of his relationship with Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino after the sides met in this season’s FA Cup.

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“If there are a couple at Tottenham then I’ll be straight on the phone to Mauricio and I’m sure if he felt it was best for their development then he’d have no problem,” he said.

“He liked the way we played against them and I think he’d see that it’s beneficial for them in terms of learning.

“The problem is that once they’re at Tottenham they’re more likely to go to a lower Championship club or a top League One club. That’s what we’re up against and we’ve got to get lucky like we did with Ben.”

Flynn revealed that Brighton insisted on a minimum amount of game-time for White before sanctioning his move from the South Coast to South Wales.

“There was a clause in his contract that if he didn’t play 70 per cent [of the games] we’d have a financial penalty but as soon as we saw him the penalty didn’t even come into consideration,” he added.

“We knew the talent he had and I was very comfortable that he would play 70 per cent of the games.”

The transfer window for English Football League clubs closes on August 9 this summer but loan deals can still be agreed until August 31.

“The way the loans are going to work next season will be a lot more difficult because you can still loan someone after the window has closed – to the end of August,” explained Flynn.

“And with the Premier League season starting in the middle of August they’re going to keep most of the ones who they think have got a chance with them.

“We’re just going to have to be patient and hopefully lucky.”