Responding to a piece by the Chronicle detailing the feelings surrounding Ki Sung-yueng’s deadline day move to Real Mallorca, many Newcastle fans have been in full debate on Twitter over whether or not they should have sold the midfielder – with one supporter claiming that he is ‘better than Bentaleb‘.
Ki, who first joined Newcastle in the 2018 summer transfer window from Swansea City, found game-time hard to come by at St James’ Park, making just 21 league appearances in two and a half seasons before deciding to terminate his contract by mutual consent.
During his limited outings this campaign before the move, the South Korean midfielder managed to accumulate an impressive 94% pass accuracy from inside his own half over the 136 minutes he played (SofaScore). However, due to his limited game-time, it is hard to compare him to loanee Nabil Bentaleb, who has averaged more tackles (2.3) and interceptions (3.3) in a Newcastle shirt this season, as per WhoScored.com.
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However, despite the numbers, many Magpies supporters have debated the decision to let him leave on social media – find their diverse range of opinions down below.
Better than Benteleb
— David Stratton (@SlothyVlogs) February 25, 2020
Absolutely not,did not bring anything to the team, I wanted him to succeed so much. Good luck in Spain ki🙏
— Paul Hewitt (@PaulHew03845348) February 25, 2020
We should of kept mo diame
— BEASTNUFC84 (@MarkDNUFC84) February 25, 2020
We should have kept Rondon.
— bigal123 (@allanrg1) February 25, 2020
No we shouldn’t of signed him in the first place
— ronantodd (@ronantodd) February 25, 2020
NO
— keegan (@KeeganNufc09) February 25, 2020
No
— Rob Watson (@whickhamrobbie) February 25, 2020
Should Newcastle have kept Ki? Join the discussion by commenting below…
