Rafael Benitez is the one major factor that has kept Newcastle United fans happy over the past 12 months.
The hatred towards club owner Mike Ashley remains due to the continuous lack of transfer funds.
With just over three weeks left until the transfer window closes, the club have spent very little cash.
Martin Dubravka signed a permanent deal, while Ki Sung-Yeung joined on a free transfer and Kenedy has arrived on another season-long loan.
Understandably, Newcastle fans want more, but a nugget of news has revealed that the summer could have been going much worse.
According to The Chronicle, the North-East outfit were open to allowing Benitez to coach Spain at the World Cup in Russia.
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The manager’s home nation had a major disruption on the eve of the tournament when the Spanish Football Federation dismissed coach Julen Lopetegui after he agreed to take over at Real Madrid.
It is believed that a temporary arrangement would have been proposed, but it never came to pass.
This revelation has riled up some Newcastle fans.
