Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe is coming below growing stress at St. James’ Park, with a Premier League-winning boss being lined up to replace him.
A 3-2 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Monday leaves the Magpies sitting tenth in the Premier League, and a protracted attain off of qualifying for subsequent season’s Champions League.
And whereas Eddie Howe has transformed the membership’s fortunes in his two years responsible, Newcastle United’s owners are growing concerned that the Englishman has taken the membership to this point as he can. As a consequence, they’ve began sounding out seemingly replacements, including one hugely successful manager.
In accordance to HITC, Newcastle United would possibly also explore to bring Roberto Mancini to St. James’ Park ahead of subsequent season, who won the title with Manchester Metropolis in 2012 and led Italy to Euro 2020 glory, too.
Mancini additionally already has a reported solid relationship with Saudi Arabia’s PIF – Newcastle’s owners – after the 59-365 days-worn took over the Saudi Arabia national crew in August 2023.
A remaining-16 penalty shootout defeat to South Korea at the Asian Cup earlier this 365 days supposed things did no longer relatively determine how Mancini would maintain anticipated, despite the incontrovertible reality that they are on monitor to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
Despite the incontrovertible reality that his deal runs unless 2027, Newcastle would possibly also explore to bring Mancini to the membership in the summer season if their space in the table would no longer give a maintain shut to below Howe. In the interim they is no longer going to even qualify for any European competition, which is a drastic underachievement in the eyes of the owners, who reportedly centered a top-six kind at minimal this term.
Newcastle are soundless in the FA Cup, on the different hand, with their quarter-final tie towards Manchester Metropolis providing the chance to flip things around. Landing the Magpies their first trophy in over 50 years would with out a doubt give a maintain shut to Howe’s probabilities at staying, despite the incontrovertible reality that Mancini’s experience with winning trophies would possibly also reward too precise an opportunity to flip down.
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