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A number of Newcastle United fans have taken to social media to call for key player Florian Lejeune to leave the club in this summer’s transfer window.
Indeed, following the club’s announcement that Rafael Benitez would be leaving as head coach at the end of this month, many of the supporters feel that Lejeune should move on because he deserves better than the Magpies.
According to Estadio Deportivo, Sevilla are interested in a deal for the centre-back, who missed the early part of last season with a serious knee injury before suffering another setback in the latter stages of the campaign.
The 28-year-old still managed to make 14 appearances last term, though, and has impressed for his English club since arriving from Eibar in July 2017.
The Newcastle fans would surely be sad to see Lejeune leave but many have told the centre-back to depart for the sake of his career.
The fans in the video below had some very strong words for Michel Platini who was detained over alleged corruption this week…
A selection of the Twitter reaction can be seen below: