Darts player and Newcastle fan Chris Dobey has shared the story of how he befriended Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic during lockdown and tried to persuade him to join the club.
Speaking on the Love The Darts podcast on Sky Sports, Dobey said he and Brozovic regularly played darts over FaceTime. During one of their conversations, the Premier League club's supporter tried to persuade the midfielder to make a move:
I tried to get him to Newcastle, but he wouldn't even listen!
Despite the unsuccessful transfer pitch, the pair became friends. Brozovic sent Dobey an Inter playing shirt, and received a professional darts set in return.
Dobey has never hidden his love for Newcastle. He previously visited the club's training ground, where he took on Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento in an accuracy challenge watched by Sean Longstaff and Matt Targett, scoring the maximum 180 points on his first attempt. Persuading Brozovic proved far harder.
