Having notched his first assist for the club by laying on Ayoze Pérez’s winner at Stoke City on Monday, the winger is the cover star of Saturday’s matchday programme for the visit of Luton Town.

The 22-year-old will be hoping to keep his place for this weekend’s FA Cup third round clash at St. James’ Park.

And he gave an exclusive interview to UNITED ahead of the game, in which he discussed the belief required to put a challenging first few months at the club behind him.

“I was just dying to play. And then when I was coming on, I was putting pressure on myself, trying to do things that I don’t normally do because I was trying to catch the eye, get the fans off their seats and stuff,” said Murphy. “Then I just thought, ‘wait – stick to what you know, and it’ll come good in time’.

“Once I started the games, from the Manchester United game, it took me ten or 15 minutes to settle into the match, but then things were coming off for me and I started finding more confidence. As each game’s gone on and I’ve played more minutes, I’ve relaxed into it.

“I like to think I’m a confident boy. But when I was coming on and not doing well, people weren’t really taking to me straight away, it was quite frustrating. It was a bit like, ‘am I ever going to play well?’ But I knew that in time it would come good. All I needed was a run of games to find my feet, and then I’d be cooking on gas.”

The full, in-depth interview can be read in full inside Saturday’s issue, as well as a four-page interview with Luton legend Mick Harford – now the Hatters’ head of recruitment – who also spent an eight-month spell at St. James’ Park during Arthur Cox’s time in charge.

There is plenty of historical content, too, including a delve into the archive with Club Historian Paul Joannou, who looks at a series of mementoes with an FA Cup theme.

To read all of this, and much more, pick up a copy of UNITED from around St. James’ Park or in the club store on Saturday, priced at just £3.