Newcastle and West Ham’s visits from the taxman has drawn a predictable response

"The most Newcastle United thing that could ever take place."

While all football fans are eagerly anticipating the findings of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (the HRMC) after their recent raids on the grounds of West Ham United and Newcastle, nobody will have a bigger interest in the events than supporters of The Magpies and The Irons. Nothing official has been declared yet, but  the HRMC have confirmed that they've arrested "several men working within the professional football industry" and that during the joint UK/French investigation, they've "searched a number of premises in the North East and South East of England and arrested the men and also seized business records, financial records, computers and mobile phones." At present, the investigation is ongoing and the HRMC will not be providing any further detail at this time, but football fans couldn't help but grimace at the unfortunate timing of these events - especially given the fact that Newcastle have recently secured promotion to the Premier League along with Rafa Benitez's recent remarks about his time at Real Madrid. "Here you are valued and there is no politics and strange things behind (the scenes). In England, they respect professionalism and work, not like in some places," Benitez told Spanish radio. Awkward. https://twitter.com/Carra23/status/857149764906954753 https://twitter.com/Liampatterson69/status/857154874240380928 https://twitter.com/DanCarl_/status/857156491538726912 https://twitter.com/_socoamaretto/status/857157283771494402 https://twitter.com/SamHoward_/status/857151398038958080 https://twitter.com/_Jenky88/status/857157698470760449 https://twitter.com/steven_burrell/status/857156690072014849 Before you ask, plenty of people have made *that* connection between both clubs. https://twitter.com/WeahsCousin/status/857150482711801856 https://twitter.com/MFoxx2/status/857153862586839040