Howe to bring in own backroom team as new Newcastle manager
Newcastle United are seeking to offer potential new manager Eddie Howe a 2½-year contract, and he is expected to bring in some of his long-serving staff from his time at Bournemouth.
It is understood that Howe, 43, has provisionally accepted the job, having been the second contender on the shortlist drawn up by the Saudi Arabia ownership after Unai Emery. Among his staff will be longstanding assistant Jason Tindall, who was briefly Howe’s successor at Bournemouth before his sacking six months into the job.
Since then Tindall, a former teammate of Howe at Bournemouth from their playing days, has coached at Sheffield United.
Having had their fingers burned this week, when false optimism about Emery’s impending appointment reached the public domain, the Newcastle board are being much more cautious this time around.
Nevertheless, Howe impressed during an interview last weekend, is keen on the job and, perhaps crucially, is not upset that Newcastle moved for Emery before him.
Also in the frame to join Howe at St James’ Park will be Simon Weatherstone, formerly a first-team coach at Bournemouth, and Stephen Purches, who was assistant manager at the club. Both left Bournemouth in June when Jonathan Woodgate’s temporary time in charge came to an end.
Graeme Jones, in caretaker charge of the team, is expected to stay on. He will remain in charge against Brighton tomorrow, with Howe poised to become the new manager at the start of the international break.
The expectation is that Howe will agree to become Steve Bruce’s permanent replacement after the various strands of the consortium agreed on Wednesday night that he was the man they wanted.
The only other name given serious consideration, when Emery publicly snubbed an offer, was Belgium’s Roberto Martinez, the former Everton, Wigan and Swansea coach, although he is understood to want to remain an international manager until the World Cup in Qatar next year.