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12th May 2016

Faustino Asprilla’s sarcastic tweet slams Newcastle players as relegation is confirmed

Sob on the Tyne

Simon Lloyd

Like all Newcastle fans, Faustino Aspirlla was disappointed to see his former club relegated on Wednesday night.

Sunderland’s 3-0 win over Everton condemned Newcastle to the drop for the second time in seven years and the Colombian responded by tweeting a sarcastic congratulatory message to the club’s current crop of players.

He followed this post with another tweet (which for some reason was accompanied by a picture of him with former teammate David Ginola and former manager Kevin Keegan) calling for the players to work hard to get the club back into the Premier League.

Along with Asprilla, Alan Shearer tweeted his assessment of Newcastle’s relegation shortly after it was confirmed, stating that the club had not learned the lessons from 2009 – the last time they were relegated.