Everybody desires Joey Chestnut again within the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest — from followers to his opponents and even Jaws himself … ‘trigger final 12 months’s champion tells TMZ Sports activities the glizzy king “undoubtedly” desires to make a comeback!!

We chopped it up with Patrick Bertoletti contemporary off our report concerning the ongoing talks between Main League Consuming and Chestnut … and he informed us his good pal is hungry to be again onstage in Coney Island this Fourth of July.

“In the event that they’re speaking, that is an excellent factor,” Bertoletti mentioned. “And I feel it is a greater competitors general if he is there.”

Bertoletti thinks if Chestnut is again, he’ll return with a vengeance — and though he is undecided he’ll break the 83 mark he set in opposition to Takeru Kobayashi throughout their occasion in Las Vegas in September … Patrick has no doubts Joey could be popping out to show a degree.

“After a foul breakup, you need your ex to see you with a very scorching chick, and also you need to show them unsuitable and make an announcement,” he mentioned.

“And he is already made so many statements, he is pushed by motivation, and I am type of afraid to see what it is unleashing in him if he does come again, and what he is able to.”

There’s extra — Bertoletti shared the playful smack speak he dished to Chestnut throughout his 12 months as champ … which went down in the course of the Thanksgiving vacation (aspect notice: are you able to think about aggressive eaters assembly up for Turkey Day?!)