da prosport bet： Sitting down to pen their pre-season predictions it’s unlikely any writer or pundit would have forecasted a return to European football for Newcastle United. The general consensus was that the Magpies would be battling at the wrong end of the Premier League table after a restless summer that saw them dispense with several of their key players replacing them with some relatively unknown foreign imports and a free transfers.
da heads bet： Fast forward to April and the Toon Army have already booked their return to Europe after a six-year absence and have their eyes set on nicking a place in the top four and next seasons Champions League. Their remarkable renaissance just three years after succumbing to relegation is made all the more remarkable considering the players that jumped ship in the wake of their demotion to the Championship.
This past summer was no different with various members of the first team criticising owner Mike Ashley’s transfer strategy after several key players departed St James’ Park as the club tipped towards another implosion. The perceived lack of quality replacements led people to deduce that the Magpies would struggle to retain their Premier League status.
However they’ve delivered a colossal custard pie to their doubters soaring into the top-four and putting themselves in with a chance of rubbing shoulders with Europe’s elite clubs next season. It’s fair to say that there will be a few players that wished they’d never rapidly upped sticks and left Tyneside in search of pastures new. Whilst a few may have ended up bagging some silverware they’ll feel pretty foolish for writing off Newcastle so quickly.
To compound their misery here are the Nine players that’ll wish they’d never left Newcastle United
[divider]
[divider]
[divider]
[ad_pod id=’unruly-2′ align=’left’]