Newcastle United fans have been sharing their delight on Twitter over the latest club announcement.
This comes after the official Newcastle Twitter page revealed that the club has “taken up the one-year option on Federico Fernández’s contract to extend his stay at St. James’ Park” until the end of the 2020/21 season.
Are you pleased with Fernandez's latest deal?
Yes, he deserves it
No, not worth it
This post then quickly gathered a lot of replies from Newcastle fans who were over the moon with this latest piece of business from the club.
Here’s a sample of Newcastle fans responding to the post:
?? #NUFC have taken up the one-year option on Federico Fernández's contract to extend his stay at St. James' Park until the end of the 2020/21 season.
Well deserved, @pajarofernandez! ????
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) March 10, 2020
Great news
— Matty (@WorAlmiron) March 10, 2020
Baller
— barker (@Nugg_Barker) March 10, 2020
Give him 2 years man
— Steve McKenna (@SteveMcKenna_) March 10, 2020
Yesss Wonderful news
— Matt&Westlife (@Stacey_MW_WL) March 10, 2020
The Argentine defender has been Newcastle’s sixth-best player so far this year with a current season rating of 6.84 (per WhoScored). In 25 appearances for the Toon so far this season, Fernandez has averaged a total of 1.7 tackles per game and 5.9 clearances per game according to WhoScored. Now that the news of his deal at the club being extended until the end of next season has been announced, this has opened the door for lots of Newcastle fans to share their joy with the news on Twitter.
Unreal that like
— SAINTMAXIMINSZN (@Kieranstorey3) March 10, 2020
Good news, only fair to reward the lad he’s been a warrior for us and good squad player
— Rob Danson (@danson_rob) March 10, 2020
Awesome news! Congrats! ?
— Ms. L H ???? (@exspygirl) March 10, 2020
What do we think?
It’s great to see so many Newcastle fans reacting so positively towards the new deal for Fernandez, this shows that he is a well-liked an important figure for the team under Steve Bruce.