Newcastle United fans on Twitter have been responding to the latest news concerning Magpies forward Yoshinori Muto.
This comes after Newcastle news Twitter account @NUFC360 shared a post on their page relaying comments from Steve Bruce after seeing his team draw 0-0 against Brighton & Hove Albion on Monday evening.
On the topic of Muto and his future at St. James’ Park, Bruce said that he will “sit down” with the forward.
Bruce added that Muto “hasn’t had the best of times under me, game-wise. He’s a great pro, trains well, so I’ve got no problem with him. No issues, it’s just that we have forward players at the minute who are ahead of him.”
This post then gathered a lot of replies from Newcastle fans who were quick to share their thoughts on the matter.
Here’s a sample of Newcastle fans responding to the post:
“Look, I’ll sit down with Muto. He hasn’t had the best of times under me, gamewise. He’s a great pro, trains well, so I’ve got no problem with him. No issues, it’s just that we have forward players at the minute who are ahead of him.” -Bruce on Muto. #NUFC https://t.co/lXo53jtocc
— NUFC360 (@NUFC360) July 21, 2020
Imagine not getting into a team over Gayle/Joelinton and Andy Carroll, Muto deserves so much better. We have 9 goals from our forwards this season in almost 50 games.
— Angel ? (@AngelNUFC) July 21, 2020
The 28-year-old, who is currently valued at £4.95m according to Transfermarkt, first signed to Newcastle back in the 2018 summer transfer window from Bundesliga club FSV Mainz for a fee of £9.63 million.
He can’t be worse than Joelinton like
— ToonBarmy2 (@Barmy2Toon) July 21, 2020
Since then, Muto has gone on to make 28 appearances for the Toon in which he has managed to score just two goals (per Transfermarkt).
Should of been given a chance I’d rather him than Gayle and joelinton tbh
— A. (@AlmasNav) July 21, 2020
I can’t believe i’ve just read that..
— Sugarman (@RobMc1969) July 21, 2020
Can’t believe am reading this right, you haven’t even given the guy a chance and Carrott and Joelinpunk are ahead of him both of which haven’t scored for only God knows how long that is. Trash, Bruce, trash.
— Dejavú (@dejairo655) July 21, 2020
incredible statement from this clown nobody can hit a barn door in front of him ahead of him absolute tosh
— Gareth (@toonfootsoldier) July 21, 2020
This season has seen the attacker make just eight appearances for Newcastle in the Premier League without scoring a goal or grabbing himself an assist.
Drop Joelinton and play Muto. I want Joelinton to succeed but he hasn’t and lets be honest probably won’t. Lets give Muto a fair crack.
— Sim (@kingsim2004) July 21, 2020
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Typical Newcastle. We waste good talent so much.
— ?ChrisG.? (@cg40k) July 21, 2020
Now that these comments from Bruce have been doing the rounds on Twitter, this paved the way for lots of Newcastle fans to share their thoughts on Bruce’s admission.
Bruce is clueless
— dave the rave (@davetheraver33) July 21, 2020
It appears that these Newcastle fans don’t seem to agree with Bruce’s point on Muto and the fact that the other players such as Joelinton, Dwight Gayle and Andy Carroll are ahead of Muto in the pecking order.
Considering how Gayle has three goals, Joelinton has two and Carroll is yet to score in the Premier League this season, it’s understandable how these Newcastle fans are struggling to see how Muto has found himself behind those three forwards this year.