See the gift itself as Newcastle United’s long-term sick note Ryan Taylor buys his wife an iron for Christmas and proudly displays his purchase on Twitter.

In classic chauvinistic style, Taylor uploaded a photo of the seemingly enormous and reasonably fancy iron made by Tefal and commented “that's the wife sorted for Christmas”.

See the original tweet as Ryan Taylor buys his wife an iron for Christmas and the gift, apparently bought from Debenhams if the sticky tape is anything to go by, is revealed below:

Right that's the wife sorted for Christmas pic.twitter.com/5gXQdT7iUB

— Ryan Taylor (@TaylorR1984) December 4, 2013

XFM early breakfast presenter Pete Donaldson did not seem overly impressed with the Yuletide thought though, and replied with simply “oh, Ryan”:

@TaylorR1984 oh, Ryan.

— Pete Donaldson (@petedonaldson) December 4, 2013

… before coming up with a great idea for a new on-screen character:

The idea for my character Lynndiana Jones came from flicking between Time Team and Crocodile Dundee

— Pete Donaldson (@petedonaldson) December 4, 2013

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