Newcastle's Happy Birthday Message To Moussa Sissoko Really Didn't Do Down Well

It's no secret that Moussa Sissoko wants to leave Newcastle. I mean, his far from subtle quote last week of "I hope Real Madrid will come for me. I'm still waiting." left supporters, quite rightly, furious.

To the delight of many Newcastle United fans, they had another opportunity to vent their fury at the French international this morning after the club posted a less that enthusiastic birthday message to Sissoko on Twitter.

Here's Newcastle's Happy Birthday post to Sissoko, but to be fair, they probably didn't want a repeat of Manchester City's incident with Yaya Toure on his birthday...

Hundreds of replies flooded in:

Sissoko has been linked with a move to a number of European sides in the transfer window, with Real Madrid apparently interested.

He doesn't exactly look thrilled to be at Newcastle, does he...

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Jack Kenmare

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