Jonjo Shelvey has told Sky Sports that Newcastle must do whatever it takes to ensure that Rafa Benitez stays at the club for the 2018/2019 season.
Benitez has been in charge at Newcastle since March 2016, where he couldn’t help them avoid relegation. However, he managed to steer the Magpies straight back to the Premier League at the first time of asking as they were crowned champions of the Championship.
Benitez’ future is unsure at the moment, but midfielder Shelvey believes keeping the Spaniard is the most important signing Newcastle can make this summer:
I have got a good feeling that the manager will stay, and we will keep building and that will probably be the most important signing of the summer, making Rafa stay. When I first came to the club there wasn’t really a link between the fans and the players and he has just turned the whole city around.
There is just such a buzz in Newcastle. Everywhere you go the fans are always talking to you and things like that. He has just turned the whole place around.
