Newcastle United are entering the final stretch of the Premier League season with mounting pressure following a dip in form that has tanked their position in the table.
After competing in Europe this season and doing so before not so long ago, recent results are all but sealing Newcastle’s fate for the next season, and one that isn’t even close to visiting pitches across the continent come September.
Eddie Howe’s side had been in contention near the top six at times, but surely not this year, and a run
of inconsistent performances—including historic losses to Barcelona and Sunderland—has seen them fall into the bottom half, sitting 14th after MD32 and with the team winning just three of their last 11 league matches.
Howe, for one, will always be a legend in Tyneside. The lad drove Newcastle away from relegation after taking over mid-season, delivered Champions League football for the first time in ages and, more than anything, he guided the club to their first major trophy since 1969 with victory in the 2025 Carabao Cup.
Past glory seems to be weighing more than present in the NUFC board’s view of Howe’s job, as The Athletic’s David Ornstein reported on Monday.
“Newcastle United’s ownership continue to support Eddie Howe despite the club’s struggles this season with all parties intending to evaluate the managerial situation this summer,” Ornstein reported. “A review and any contingency work around the issue is considered by those involved to be standard procedure in such circumstances, although there have been no serious conversations yet about a change of head coach.”
According to the report, Howe remains involved in the internal evaluation process, with the club hierarchy keeping a certain level of trust in Howe’s leadership despite his awful recent results.
Newcastle face Bournemouth on April 18 before travelling to face Arsenal. Fasten your seatbelt; unlike Howe, you’ll need it.
