TV personalities Ant and Dec have called for Mike Ashley to sell Newcastle United following the announcement that Rafa Benitez is to leave as manager.
The Geordie duo hit out at the club's hierarchy for allowing Benitez to walk away from his role.
Benitez will not sign a new deal and will leave the club when his current contract end of June 30 with China the likely destination.
Ant and Dec, who are boyhood Newcastle fans and are often seen at games, took to social media to voice their anger at the situation, labeling the news of Benitez's exit as 'disastrous.'
"[It is] disastrous," they tweeted. "Those ‘at the top’ of our great club should be ashamed. The great shame is that they won’t be.
"The way they are repeatedly able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory is astonishing.
"Thank you Rafa Benitez. Mike Ashley - get out of OUR club."
Paco de Míguel Moreno, Antonio Gómez Pérez and Mikel Antia will also leave the club alongside Benitez.
