Newcastle United fans have delivered mainly sympathetic reactions on Twitter after the Mirror revealed that midfielder Issac Hayden had handed in a transfer request.
The 23-year-old enforcer has reportedly decided to leave the club for family reasons, and wants to move further down south in order to fulfil his wishes.
It was stated in the report that he has the upmost respect for the Newcastle and its fans, as well as boss Rafael Benitez, having arrived on Tyneside from Arsenal back in 2016.
Isaac Hayden hands in transfer request at Newcastle as midfielder eyes move south for family reasons |@johncrossmirror https://t.co/fxtzAYtArl pic.twitter.com/Ney9eS1ygr
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) July 14, 2018
This news was met with sympathetic responses from the United faithful, who saw Hayden make 15 starts for the club last season on the way to a 10th placed finish in England’s top flight. These comments included “I’ll be sorry to see him leave” and “works his socks off.”
This is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets from Newcastle fans:
Issac Hayden handing in a transfer request ? #Nufc
— Shane Rout (@shaneyr34) July 14, 2018
Think £10m for Hayden is fair. Still young but didn't look quite up to it at times last year
— ??????? Welsh Mag ??????? (@welsh_mag) July 14, 2018
Issac Hayden wants to leave #NUFC for family reasons I know folks on here are saying that his family should uproot to Newcastle but if his young family is still in SW & he wants to go family comes first & we should respect this #NUFC #Hayden
— John Sinclair (YT)???? (@john_nufc42) July 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/raynufc1892/status/1018056141518012416
https://twitter.com/Sirbobbyliveson/status/1018053967098662912
https://twitter.com/doiuhg/status/1018054925534801920
https://twitter.com/ronantodd/status/1018058572238852096
OPINION
The news that Issac Hayden has handed in a transfer request has left the majority of fans sympathetic to see him want to leave, apart from one who thinks he should have moved his family up north to be with him. However, the vast majority of them understand his reasons in wanting to depart and want him to do well in the future. If he carried on playing at St James’ Park, he would have been unhappy and the fans may not have seen the best football from him. His work rate for the team has been recognised by some, and his ability will surely be greatly missed in the team.