Newcastle stalwart Matt Ritchie can handle the uncertainty surrounding football in the current crisis. Because the madness which greeted him when he first joined the Magpies from Bournemouth in 2016 prepared him for anything.
The Scotland international dropped down a league to join Rafa Benitez' new-look squad who were bidding to bounce back at the first attempt following relegation.
But he has revealed that the club felt like a shambles when he first arrived at St James' Park. Players like Gini Wijnaldum, Moussa Sissoko and Darryl Janmaat were desperate to quit the Toon and after his successful spell on the south coast with the Cherries, Ritchie wondered what he had let himself in for. “I'd been at Bournemouth where everything was so
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