Charlotte Pirroni

UNLESS you support Aston Villa, there’s been one Premier League club that’s helped ease any frustrations with your team – Newcastle United. Sorry Toon fans, but it’s true. The circus at StJames’ Park provides the rest of us with great entertainment.

It’s incredible how a club with so many supporters, who would give anything to see their team win something, keep getting it so wrong. Recruitment being one. One such summer arrival was Florian Thauvin.
A France Under-21 international, on paper the £12m buy appeared to tick all...