Following his praise for 27-year-old top scorer Dwight Gayle, Newcastle United legend Malcolm Macdonald gives has given his hard-hitting opinion on enigmatic centre-forward Aleksander Mitrovic, saying "Newcastle should sell his as soon as possible!"
Although Mitrovic has become a fans’ favourite on Tyneside, Supermac says he isn't good enough for the Premier League.
There aren’t too many pundits more qualified to give their assessment of Newcastle United’s strikers, than Supermac – who scored 95 goals in the number nine shirt for the Magpies.
A Newcastle United Hall of fame inductee, ‘Supermac’ has become a frank and often outspoken voice in the media and we sat down with him to discuss the striking options currently available to Rafa Benitez.
A prolific scorer for Second Division Luton Town, Supermac stepped up to play in the revered number 9 shirt for the Magpies following his £180,000 transfer under manager Joe Harvey in 1971.
At the start of the 1971-72 season after no goals in the first two games, Newcastle United’s season took off in front of 39,720 at Gallowgate with Supermac’s home debut against unbeaten Liverpool with a superb hat-trick in a 3-2 win.
Supermac delivered consistently in front of goal netting 138 goals for United in only 258 appearances and was Newcastle’s top scorer each season from 1972 until 1976, the year he won the First Division’s coveted golden boot.