In less than 140 characters one Newcastle fan has summed up the long running chase for Florian Lejeune.
Florian Lejune and Newcastle United are like parallel lines, they keep getting closer without ever meeting. #NUFC
— Himanshu Dhingra (@HD_07) June 28, 2017
As each day turns into a week the supposed £8.7m transfer of the Eibar defender becomes more and more mysterious highlighting the difficulties that Rafa Benitez is facing.
Lejeune seems to have all the qualities needed for Newcastle next season with his Spanish club quick to agree a fee.
Whether it’s at Newcastle’s end of with the players representatives for some reason the transfer just seems to be dragging on and on.
After the failed bid to re-sign Andros Townsend in January the Lejeune saga seems like a re-run of the Townsend case which finally ran out of time.
With Newcastle back for pre-season training on Monday the presence of at least one new face is needed to give the club and fans a lift, anything else and the speculation over a rapid departure for Benitez will quickly gain momentum.
