For those who followed the Newcastle United takeover saga closely, the mention of bread should conjure up a memory. For Nick De Marco it certainly does, and so it should as it was his baking skills that sent the Magpies’ twitter fanbase into a frenzy.
Having seen the Premier League initially reject the Saudi-led consortium’s buyout of the club, former Toon owner Mike Ashley employed De Marco to take on the Premier League. As a lawyer, De Marco had made his mark long before Ashley came calling but even for the ‘Lionel Messi’ of sports law, the attention this case would receive was something of a surprise.
Interest on social media peaked when De Marco harmlessly posted a picture of some bread he'd just baked - and as we'll find out, the reaction caught him out. From a fanbase analysing every tweet he sent, to the scrutiny on a global scale - it was like nothing De Marco had ever experienced before.
