Newcastle United centre-back Florian Lejeune has suffered a cruciate ligament injury and is set to miss a large chunk of the 2018/19 season, and some fans have taken to Twitter to react with devastation to the news.
As reported by Sky Sports, the French enforcer is now set to undergo surgery to correct the issue, with the 27-year-old set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
A section of fans have now taken to Twitter to react to the news, with many seemingly left distraught by the bitter first-team blow.
Nothing but Newcastle have rounded up some of the best tweets:
Get Well Soon Lejuene.. really gutted..
— Kelvin Chaser 🇲🇾⚽ (@chaser_kang) July 29, 2018
Terrible news, Lejeune was outstanding last year
— Al Campbell (@Al_inDK) July 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/Gibbo2910/status/1023490441344425985
https://twitter.com/Nufc_22/status/1023319924515725312
Lejeune doing his cruciate just after we sell a centre back is peak Newcastle United. I shouldn’t even be surprised.
— Anthony (@atjg__) July 24, 2018
Gutted. Him and Lacelles were class together. Maybe take a punt on Ryan Shawcross? Not long left in his contract. Stoke be looking to get high wages off the books and he has years of EPL experience. Albeit a few bad games here and there
— Kristian (@kdogg_ingram) July 29, 2018
Genuinely devistated… He's look d excellent whenever I've seen him, and as a whole, that back line has looked far stronger with him there…
— GC (@NUFCgc) July 29, 2018
OPINION
Losing Lejeune is a huge blow for Newcastle, with the French enforcer forming such a strong partnership with Jamaal Lascelles last season, and these fans are suitably devastated by this setback. Defence was an area where Newcastle rarely struggled last term, and losing one of the key reasons for that will take some recovering from. However, the Magpies are not in a disastrous position. They have just signed Fabian Schar from Deportivo La Coruna, and the Switzerland international will surely now step into the first-team to replace Lejeune. It is understandable that Benitez wants to bring in another central defender on top of that, and hopefully the club can secure someone on the cheap in the coming days to help them get past this blow.
