Plenty of Newcastle United fans have been drooling over the prospect of former Magpies’ manager Rafael Benitez returning to St James’ Park.
According to The Telegraph, the Spanish tactician is keen to grasp hold of the reins once more, inheriting the hot seat from current boss Steve Bruce and bringing Manchester City defender John Stones and Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley with him to Tyneside.
Benitez is still highly regarded at Newcastle after what had been a turbulent three years in charge and has been linked with the position if the club’s ยฃ300m takeover goes through.
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Despite being relegated in 2016, the Spaniard brought us back into the top flight at the first time of asking and accumulated a points-per-game average of 1.48 from 146 games, as per TransferMarkt.
Benitez sadly left the role last summer after being unable to agree terms on a new deal and went to manage the Chinese Super League side Dalian Yifang.
Unsurprisingly, supporters were delighted with the report and made their feelings clear on social media. One fan pleaded with the club to “bring him home”, while another urged Benitez to finish his project.
Bring him home, bring him home, bring him home ๐
โ Geordie Ahmed (@GeordieAhmed) May 24, 2020
Yes pleaseโคโคโค
Finish your project rafaโ Jack Chaytor (@jchaytor16) May 24, 2020
Aside from my Rafa love I would definitely want both these players as well ๐๐ป
โ samantha (@mumba88) May 24, 2020
Rafa is a born winner
โ Ryan moore (@RyanWiggy) May 24, 2020
He understands us, he gets what the club means to us, he has already looked at what we need (The plans for youth development and training facilities) which were rejected by Ashley. Come back Rafa and finish what you started.
โ Ian Reay (@ianreay6) May 24, 2020
This would be the best thing to ever happen ๐ค๐ป๐ค๐ป
โ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ธ๐ฆ (@nufc_fierce) May 24, 2020