A lot of Newcastle fans love Massadio Haidara’s Twitter post after the Sun put his name instead of Joelinton’s in their match report for Newcastle’s 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
The Sun seemed to believe that the former Toon defender, who made 54 appearances for the club, was starting up front instead of Joelinton. Haidara, who is valued at £900k by Transfermarkt, responded on Twitter by saying, “I wish I could help NUFC get a draw yesterday, but Joelinton did well.”
Is Joelinton proving to be a good signing?
Yes, he is a talented footballer just needs a goal
No, he has not done enough
This received a brilliant response on Twitter from some fans who think that he could actually do better than Joelinton.
https://twitter.com/MassadioHaidara/status/1201149967592759298
You had as much chance of scoring
— Rob Robertson (@buster_bv) December 1, 2019
We never tried you up top…could have been your position
— Kevin Brown (@kevbrown77) December 1, 2019
You’d probably do a better job to be fair
— Mick (@Looney_Toon1892) December 1, 2019
Probably would have had a better chance of scoring tbf ?
— Steveooo (@kedzz123) December 2, 2019
Other Toon fans clearly miss Haidara.
Love that you’ve still got your toon kit on your profile pic. What a lad. ?? #oneofus
— Another Angry Northerner ? (@markeebgoode) December 1, 2019
Hope you’re doing well Massadio ??
— Toon Army Virginia (@ToonArmy757) December 1, 2019
miss you so much?
— Thomas (@ThomasGjorven) December 1, 2019
Miss u lad
— Jack Chaytor (@ChaytorJack) December 1, 2019
What do we think?
The Sun made an awful blunder, but Haidara took it well, and it is good to see that he still has feelings for Newcastle.
His profile picture on Twitter is him in a Newcastle training kit – so he clearly misses Tyneside.
As for saying he could replace Joelinton upfront, that seems a tad harsh.
The Brazilian has struggled in front of goal this season, but looking at his career, he has never scored more than eight in a league season – so it is unclear what Newcastle were expecting from him.
However, despite only scoring one goal, he has impressed with his ability to hold the ball up and bring others into play.
The problem he has, though, is that after spending £40m on him, fans are bound to expect more goals, but the 23-year-old has many other qualities that make him important to Steve Bruce’s men.