A month ago, England Premier League’s club Newcastle United underwent a change of ownership. From Mike Ashley to Mohamed bin Salam the crown prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This change of ownership helped renew the status of Newcastle United. Newcastle became a new rich club in the Premier League and Europe.
Reportedly, Newcastle’s wealth exceeds the power of money owned by Manchester City, Chelsea and PSG. With this, Newcastle opened a new leaf not only as a new rich club, but a new power candidate in Europe. This condition becomes possible depending on how Newcastle work when the transfer season opens. The availability of strong financial strength could allow Newcastle to build the team as a new power in Europe.
From a financial point of view, Newcastle has the privilege of bringing in quality players. It becomes a bit problematic when the players who are targeted by the club are not dazzled by offers of money. So, Newcastle have to rack their brains so that quality players can openly accept the club’s offer. For now, Newcastle’s condition is quite worrying. Of the 11 matches that have been played, Newcastle have not recorded a victory in the English League.
His place was in the relegation zone. As a result of this situation, Newcastle then fired Steve Bruce from the coach. After this dismissal, Newcastle tried to find several names of coaches who were considered capable of lifting Newcastle’s performance. Apparently it is not easy to bring in a quality coach.
The names of Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho are part of the speculation. However, for now Newcastle looks difficult to bring in a quality coach in terms of the achievements they have achieved. Perhaps the targeted coaches are thinking about the current state of the team. It was difficult to lift Newcastle’s performance when the composition of the squad was not possible in building Newcastle’s strength.
The name of the former Arsenal coach who currently has a career at Villareal, Unai Emery has also emerged on the surface of speculation. But Emery rejected Newcastle’s offer and preferred to continue his career at Villareal. Indeed, it is very risky for a coach in the midst of the club’s condition which is temporarily lame. Unless Newcastle later polished with quality players.
Perhaps there is no difficulty in bringing in a new coach if the condition of the squad has been met by quality players. Anyone would want it because there is already a place to implement the idea as a coach. At the moment, the condition of the squad is not strong, the coach can think a lot of times to approve the club’s proposal. For the current situation, Newcastle must surrender to the circumstances. Money does not guarantee a quality coach just opens his hand to accept an offer.
After going through various considerations and speculations, finally Newcastle’s choice fell to Eddie Howe. In general, Howe has not been very popular in the Premier League, let alone in mainland Europe. Howe’s greatest achievement was building on Bournemouth’s strength.
This became one of Newcastle’s considerations in recruiting Howe to become the new coach. With this, Howe became the coach of the richest club in mainland Europe. His status is quite flashy, but the condition of his squad has not shown the power of money owned by the club.
The situation was very risky for Howe. The 43-year-old coach must be able to get Newcastle out of the relegation ravine. This is the very first mission. Failing that, his fate could be exactly the same as that of his predecessor, Steve Bruce, who had been fired.
At the very least, Howe should be able to get Newcastle out of the relegation zone while waiting for the transfer season to open in January. When the transfer season opens, Howe can get the privilege of getting players who can strengthen the squad. In addition, Howe had the opportunity to build his reputation at Newcastle. Indeed, it is not difficult to build a team that is temporarily down.
However, this adversity can be an opportunity simultaneously a challenge for Howe as a coach. Howe could take advantage of the momentum to gain recognition at Newcastle. When the English coach is successful, he can be trusted to build Newcastle into a better direction. Arguably, Howe could be part of Newcastle’s initial journey to become a new force in the Premier League and Europe.
His performance during his tenure as coach until the transfer season opens in January could determine the course of his career at Newcastle. If Howe succeeds, he could have the discretion to build Newcastle’s squad as the richest club in the Premier League. For now, Howe has a mission to get Newcastle out of the brink of relegation. Otherwise, his fate could be on the edge and Newcastle must mobilize various sources to bring in a quality coach.
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