A section of Newcastle fans have been reacting on Twitter after striker Ivan Toney completed a move to League One Peterborough.
The Magpies confirmed on their official Twitter account that the 22-year-old has completed a permanent move to Peterborough United, signing for an undisclosed fee after three years with the Magpies.
Good luck to @ivantoney24, who has completed a permanent move to @theposhofficial.
👉🏽 https://t.co/SB9dwYPptM #NUFC pic.twitter.com/JderFRcNOo
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) August 9, 2018
Toney made two Premier League appearances and two League Cup appearances for the Magpies after moving from Northampton Town in 2015, as well as appearing for the club’s Under-23 side.
Newcastle fans have been reacting to the news of Toney’s departure, with one saying the forward a ‘was not good enough’ for the Premier League while another thought he was ‘never given a chance’ .
Nothing But Newcastle has rounded up some of the best tweets:
https://twitter.com/GaryBMarshall/status/1027465575688269825
Remember to wish him happy birthday @theposhofficial
— TalkNUFC (@TalkNUFC1) August 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/d_n_g_x/status/1027468935355146240
https://twitter.com/GAZHOLL14/status/1027466784084045824
Quite happy with this one tbh, even though we'll obviously not reinvest anything from this sale in theory it should free up wages being used on a player nowhere near good enough for the Prem.
— Matt Auld 天 (@Matt_hXc) August 9, 2018
what was the point is signing him in first place, out on loan the whole time and then sold, waste of time and money
— Steve Coulson (@coulsstevNUFC) August 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/lownds9/status/1027470666612793344
OPINION
The striker has not been part of Rafa Benitez’s plans at St James’s Park and has been sacrificed as part of the club’s stuttering youth team revamp with another player taken off the club’s wage bill. Toney spent the majority of his time at the club out on loan at four football league clubs before completing a permanent move to the Posh and needs to make the move in order to gain regular first-team football but he will certainly not be able to sustain on Tyneside. The young striker was not given a strong opportunity to prove his worth to the Newcastle supporters but is capable of having a healthy career with a club lower down the pecking order in Peterborough. The forward was in fine for Scunthorpe during the second half of last season, netted eight goals in 16 games as the Iron finished fifth in the third tier. With the Posh finishing ninth in the respective league, Toney could play a major role in guiding Peterborough to the play-off places and beyond.
