Matt Targett has lifted the lid on the "killer" moment he was told that his 2017 move to Newcastle United was suddenly off.
The left-back signed for Newcastle permanently last summer but came agonisingly close to joining the Magpies from Southampton during the Rafa Benitez. So close, he'd packed his bags and was starting to contemplate life in the football mad city of Newcastle before receiving a call that hit him like a hammer blow.
As he prepares to face the team that put him on the road to prominence this weekend in Southampton, Targett - who played over an hour against Everton in the 4-1 win on Thursday - told Chronicle Live: "It was really close, it was under Rafa Benitez.
