Transfers, ownership changes, profit and sustainability rules (PSR) “noise” and stadium plans. Newcastle United’s determination to keep hold of Eddie Howe in light of the England manager’s job becoming vacant was the headline news generated by Darren Eales’ Zoom call with the media. But the club’s CEO — speaking from Newcastle ’s pre-season training base at Adidas’ HQ in Germany — also offered insight into several other issues which have arisen during a summer of uncertainty at St James’ Park.
Advertisement Direct engagement from the executive level at Newcastle feels important and this was a timely intervention from Eales, who appears to be assuming a front-and-centre role in this reshaped regime. The Athletic outlines what Eales said and analyses what his words mean for Newcastle..
. Transfers — in and out Newcastle may have already confirmed four summer signings , but supporters — and Howe — are keen to see genuine upgrades to the first XI arrive. Howe’s priorities are a right-winger, a right-sided centre-back and potentially a forward, while recruiting another goalkeeper has not been ruled out.
While Eales was non-committal on when further incomings will arrive and the size of Newcastle’s budget, he did stress the club has “the ability to spend to our maximum-available headroom” as they aim “to go to the next level” and “evolve”. “Gone are the days where it’s about what the wealth of the ownership is,” Eales said. “But th.