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Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe told TNT Sports he is “desperate for success” at St James’ Park, claiming that qualification for European competition is a bare minimum requirement as Magpies boss. Newcastle have already finished in the top four under Howe, in his second season, and missed out narrowly on the UEFA Europa Conference League last season, finishing seventh.
Eddie Howe said he is “desperate for success” and claimed that European qualification is the minimum requirement as Newcastle United manager.
Howe is into his third term as Magpies boss, and qualified for the UEFA Champions League at the end of his first full season in 2023.
Newcastle acquired 71 points in the 2022/23 campaign, finishing four points clear of Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool in fifth, and four points behind Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United in third.
Howe earmarked key signings as one of the main reasons for his side’s surprise top-four finish, with Alexander Isak, Nick Pope, Anthony Gordon, and Sven Botman amongst the arrivals that season.
Speaking exclusively to TNT Sports, Howe admitted that Newcastle reaching the Champions League in just his second season was “ahead of schedule”.
“I think it’s always difficult to judge these things, but it was way ahead of schedule,” he said.
“I think if you asked at the start of the season, no one would have really given us a chance to finish in the top four. But I think the signings we made in the summer were pivotal. Confidence grew, and we were able to do it and deservedly so.”
The Toon had quite the European adventure on their return to the continent’s top table, drawn in the ‘Group of Death’ against giants Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, and Borussia Dortmund, who went on to reach the final.
They began with a steely 0-0 draw at the San Siro, before stamping their authority on the Champions League with a 4-1 hammering of PSG at St James’ Park, which Howe branded a “historical game”.
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