Why Newcastle’s move for Eddie Howe could be set to collapse

Newcastle’s search for a Steve Bruce replacement appears to have taken another twist on Saturday.

Eddie Howe linked with Newcastle job

Following the sacking of Steve Bruce, former Arsenal boss Unai Emery appeared to emerge as a favourite to take over the North East outfit:

Unai Emery favorite now to become the new manager of Newcastle United, sources telling @SPORT1. #NUFC board pushing as they want to present the former Arsenal boss in the next international break. @NUFC keen to pay a huge transfer fee to get Emery out of his Villarreal contract.

— Patrick Berger (@berger_pj) November 1, 2021

That was, however, until Emery himself released a statement to turn down the job and express his love for current side, Villarreal:

BREAKING: Newcastle United target Unai Emery has released a statement saying he will stay at Villarreal.

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) November 3, 2021

Then, in more recent days, ex-Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe would emerge as a leading candidate to take over at St James’ Park.

Howe deal in doubt?

Now though, it appears as though the possibility of Howe taking over at Newcastle is also seemingly in doubt.

According to the Mirror:

Newcastle United are in danger of seeing their deal to land Eddie Howe disintegrate.

The report provided some further insight into why the deal could collapse, stating that Howe has failed to secure a deal for his back-room staff to follow him to St James’s Park.

And with Newcastle’s owners understood to be ready to stand their ground in negotiations, this leaves Howe in the position of considering whether to press ahead in actually taking the job:

EXCLUSIVE Newcastle handed fresh managerial blow with Eddie Howe deal at risk of collapse | @MirrorDarren https://t.co/sVKMZeA92k pic.twitter.com/L1F4XkBULB

— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) November 6, 2021

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