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Newcastle United: Fans react to links with Gattuso

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Many Newcastle United fans have been talking about the club’s links with a move to sign Gennaro Gattuso.

Italian outlet Calciomercato have recently talked about Newcastle’s interest in hiring the ex-Milan midfielder and manager, with the report claiming that interest from the club has emerged in the last few hours.

The report also links Wolves with a move for the Italian and a lot of it is down to their trust for Gattuso’s intermediary – Jorge Mendes.

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A tweet about Newcastle’s interest in the Napoli boss was relayed on Twitter by NUFC 360. Many Toon fans made their views clear about this news.

What did NUFC fans make of the news about Gattuso?

“I would accept this. Tough player and now a tough manager. He loved it over here when playing and believe his wife is from Glasgow so should be no problem him living over here.”

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Gattuso’s Partenopei side are currently in the race for the top four in Serie A. They find themselves fifth in the table, but they are only two points behind second-placed Atalanta.

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The report linking Gattuso to Newcastle suggests that the Magpies are one of the clubs who are looking to change their coach soon.

“For the sole reason that it would be ‘a good laugh’, I’d be 100% in favour of this change.

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European Football Writer. Contributed for FootballItalia, Manchester United, Manchester Evening News, Calciomercato, GFFN and more.