10 Things Newcastle Fans Need To Know About Aymen Abdennour

8. He Can Head A Ball Extremely Well

Music to the ears of any Newcastle United fan that has lived through the last five-or-so years of ineffective set piece play. Should Newcastle sign him, Aymen will prove to be the tonic that gets Magpies fans over the sickening sight of a looping ball aimed for the bonce of Mike Williamson, who would lose almost every aerial duel he would contest. According to Squawka, Abdennour won an impressive 66 per cent of his duels in Ligue 1 last season, including 71 per cent of his tackles and 68 per cent (40/59 from 18 appearances) of his aerial battles. SIXTY-EIGHT-PER-CENT. WOW! There's certainly some spring in the 6 ft 2 in Tunisian's boots...