Many Newcastle United fans on social media fumed over report that claimed the club were considering sacking Rafa Benitez and that Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers could potentially succeed him.
The Daily Mirror reported that the Hoops senior man was set to be a possible successor for Benitez if the Magpies manager couldn’t turn around the side’s current form.
The newspaper claimed that the Magpies’ next three games would be pivotal in deciding Benitez’s future and fans weren’t keen that the Spaniard could soon leave with Rodgers rocking up to replace him.
One Magpies supporter tweeted that it would be a nightmare if the Celtic manager took over from Benitez at St James Park, while another stated they’d be done with the club after 52 years of supporting them.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
? they wouldn’t dare….!! pic.twitter.com/A9fzelcbkE
— Craig C (sign name: ‘coca-cola’) (@craigcrowley64) October 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/geordiesinc/status/1051022665241321472
There is absolutely no point at all in appointing a manager who may have an ounce of ambition!
— Paul Dowling (@dowlo100) October 13, 2018
If that happens I’m finished with the Toon after 52 years. Ashley please get out of our club & take your lackeys with you.
— A lost Geordie (@geordiedoonhere) October 13, 2018
rather have brendan foster….
— Lenny Walker . (@LennyWalker1) October 13, 2018
I can foresee it all turning out well if he ever did come to @nufc. Old Brendan seems to be happy with no ambition / inability to compete / lack of desire in the transfer market… oh, wait… ? #nufc https://t.co/DtROxrgbJZ
— GeordieRadge (@GeordieRadge) October 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/JohnRam46901942/status/1051133477612134405
Ridiculous. There's not one party that would be better off with that move.
— JD (@JordD55) October 13, 2018
Fantasy stuff ? Rafa to Rodgers more like nightmare stuff
— Mark (@mja1980) October 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/Simas33/status/1051070792904138752
If Newcastle get rid of Rafa for Brendan Rodgers, it’d be the worse mistake they’ve ever made ?????????? #NUFC #AshleyOut
— Joe Robinson (@MrJoeRobinson) October 13, 2018
OPINION
It is well-known that lots of Magpies fans will be fuming if Benitez departs their club whether he is pushed or walks of his own accord, yet it seems they’ll be even more incense if Rodgers replaces him. Despite the 45-year-old having a packed trophy cabinet from his time at the Hoops, a large section of Magpies supporters are not convinced by his qualities. One boldly claimed that if the Magpies got rid of Benitez for Rodgers then it would be the worse mistake ever made, and that seems ridiculously harsh. The current Celtic senior man went close to winning the Premier League with Liverpool and oversaw Swansea City playing beautiful football in the division, so there’s definitely worst options for the club to take. However given that Rodgers seems ambitious and sometimes frustrated over Celtic not spending big, then it’s hard to see him being happy under Mike Ashley who won’t loosen the purse strings.