The Newcastle fans in the Transfer Tavern have been reacting to their club’s Twitter post, appreciating their 29-year-old shot-stopper, Martin Dubravka. The Slovakian was brought into St James Park in January on-loan from Sparta Prague, despite the fans complaining that they didn’t need a ‘keeper.
Martin Dúbravka’s reaction when fans began chanting his name…
Watch his interview in full: https://t.co/TQG5cnfWC2 #NUFC pic.twitter.com/jr1MbNJyHh
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) 14 May 2018
Dubravka will likely be Rafa Benitez’s first permanent signing this summer as the man between the sticks has been one of the Geordies’ best players in the second half of the season. Benitez has masterminded wins over Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal in the latter stages of the season, with Dubravka playing a major role in that since his arrival and usurping of Karl Darlow and Rob Elliot.
Neither Darlow or Elliot had been able to convince their Spanish gaffer that they should be the club’s number one, leading to Benitez taking action in the January window. With the help of their on-loan ‘keeper, Newcastle marched on to a 10th placed finish and now they’ll be looking at kicking on next season and improving on their top-half finish as they hope to improve in summer and fight for a potential pace in Europe next season.
You can read our resident Magpies’ verdict on Dubravka here:
I absolutely love this fella.
— Burnsie NUFC (@BenArfaChance) 14 May 2018
https://twitter.com/MickMaldini/status/995966038469758977
https://twitter.com/TilehurstsOwn/status/995958215463653376
Great job Martin, congrat to @NUFC to sign a great keepr Gratulujem
— keris22 (@keris221) 14 May 2018
Unreal that lad like
— Geoff Rice (@GeoffRice14) 14 May 2018
https://twitter.com/NearlyAllThe7s/status/995972125222678528
https://twitter.com/MickMaldini/status/995964233975201792
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