Newcastle Transfers: 8 Reasons Rolando Aarons MUST Stay

2. He Will Never, Ever Be As Loved As He Is At Newcastle

It might sound like a cliche to everyone outside of the region, but when footballers are heroes in the North East, they're heroes for longer and more ferociously than anywhere else in the country. The gold-fish bowl claims are entirely true, and even though Man City and Liverpool have fanatical fans, their teams are full of heroically gifted players (and Rickie Lambert) and Aarons will not get that big fish feeling most footballers unconsciously crave. At this stage of his career, Aarons needs the confidence boost of being adored the same way Shearer, Beardsley, Gascoigne, Waddle and Carroll were: the way local heroes are at Newcastle (yes, he's an outsider, but he's been adopted quickly), and that bubble can be the perfect assistance to his development as a confident, fearless wide attacker.