Newcastle United supervisor Eddie Howe has been below intense scrutiny at instances this season after the 2025/26 marketing campaign didn’t go to plan.
Dropping Alexander Isak to Liverpool for £125m has not helped their preparations for the season, however the Magpies are at present thirteenth within the Premier League after ending fifth final season.
Regardless of his group’s disappointing efficiency within the high flight up to now this season, Howe is reportedly being watched by different Premier League golf equipment.
Premier League giants eye Eddie Howe
In accordance with Soccer Insider, Chelsea are eyeing the Newcastle United head coach this month as a possible substitute for Enzo Maresca.
In accordance with the newspaper, Strasbourg supervisor Liam Rosenior is at present thought-about the seemingly candidate to handle at Stamford Bridge, however Howe is being thought-about as a supervisor with Premier League expertise.
He added that, as talked about above, the Newcastle supervisor has been criticized by some supporters on social media for his performances within the dugout this season, however that won’t deter Chelsea from taking an curiosity in him.
Nevertheless, Soccer Insider factors out that it’s unclear whether or not Howe can be occupied with a transfer to Chelsea at this level, because it stays to be seen whether or not he can be keen to go away the Magpies halfway by means of the season.
Nevertheless, the PIF may see this as a chance to lastly ship an improve for Howe by permitting him to affix the Blues earlier than swooping in for one more supervisor from the Premier League.
Premier League supervisor Newcastle ought to exchange Howe with:
Soccer Insider reported in December that Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola could possibly be the frontrunner for the put up at St James’ Park if Howe is poached or sacked.
Journalist James Horncastle has claimed, through Jon Brewin on the Libero podcast, that he’s the “greatest supervisor within the Premier League”, and you’ll see the logic behind such a daring declare.
Some supporters might not be too enthused by the concept of him turning into Newcastle’s subsequent supervisor, conscious that Bournemouth haven’t received of their final 11 Premier League video games, however the scenario is essential.
Howe misplaced Isak in the summertime, whereas Iraola misplaced Ilya Zabarny to PSG, Dango Ouattara to Brentford, Milos Kerkes to Liverpool, Dean Huyssen to Actual Madrid and Kepa Arrizabalaga’s mortgage ended.
This implies the 4-2-3-1 supervisor has misplaced greater than half of his greatest beginning XI over the summer season, which has all the time made for a tough begin for the Cherries, however they’re nonetheless 9 factors away from the relegation zone.
Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth success | ||
|---|---|---|
season | xPTS | x place |
25/26 | 29 | eighth place |
24/25 | 63 | sixth place |
23/24 | 53 | ninth place |
Iraola replaces O’Neill | ||
22/23 | 34 | 20 days |
Statistics by FotMob | ||
As you’ll be able to see from the desk above, Iraola took over a group with the bottom xPTS within the Premier League below supervisor Gary O’Neill in 2022/23 and coached them to back-to-back high half finishes based mostly on efficiency.
With half the season left, the Spaniard nonetheless has an opportunity to realize a 3rd successive improved xPTS end, except Newcastle swoop in and pry him away from Vitality.
Whereas Iraola has considerably improved Bournemouth’s efficiency ranges since he took over, Newcastle’s underlying numbers have regressed season by season.
In accordance with FotMob, the Magpies have been third in xPTS in 2022/23, 4th in 2023/24, fifth in 2024/25 and at present sit sixth in xPTS.
Whereas these are nonetheless sturdy numbers in isolation, they’re a worrying development that implies Howe will not be enhancing the group with the sources he has, in contrast to Bournemouth’s Iraola.
That is why PIF ought to make the most of Chelsea’s reported curiosity in Howe and half methods with the League Cup-winning supervisor earlier than Newcastle’s outcomes worsen additional.
Dangerous information for Miley: Newcastle are getting ready massive for £52m ‘make a distinction’
It could possibly be dangerous information for Lewis Miley if Newcastle United signal the high-profile star in January.
Now would be the good time for the Magpies to make an assault by changing a supervisor whose efficiency stats have been regressing and appointing a Premier League supervisor who has vastly improved the group and has finished a superb job contemplating the circumstances.
