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Simon Jordan has doubled down on his claim that Eddie Howe’s days are numbered at Newcastle United.
Last season, the former Crystal Palace owner called Howe a “gatekeeper” at St James' Park. Jordan argued that Howe would simply lay the groundwork at Newcastle for another manager to win silverware.
The Magpies could dispel that claim on Sunday by beating Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final. Ending the club’s 70-year wait without domestic silverware would etch Howe’s name into black-and-white folklore and accomplish a goal he set on his first day as manager.
While Toon fans are desperate to end the hoodoo, the Saudi-backed takeover promised loftier heights given Manchester City’s and Paris Saint-Germain’s rises following their nation-state buyouts. However, financial regulations have frustrated Newcastle’s progress, with foreign investment no longer able to bankroll a team to success.
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Ex-Palace chief Jordan believes this will lead to Howe facing the chop - and even lined up his next managerial job. He told talkSPORT: “I’ve always said, and I don’t make any apologies for this, I said this to him when I spoke to him, is that I’ve always felt he is the gatekeeper.
“You had such luminaries like (Alan) Pardew who took exception to that. He didn’t understand what I meant. Ultimately, it’s very unlikely that the lofty ambitions of the Saudis, who didn’t buy Newcastle so they can win the League Cup, they want to win the Premier League and Champions League.
“They will take the League Cup in the meantime because it will mean so much to the fans. My perception was that Eddie might be very valuable and deservingly rewarded for achieving something at Newcastle, which is getting a good side, a team that is really competitive in the Premier League and who people actually like to watch.
“But is he going to win something for Newcastle? Maybe he will win the League Cup on the weekend but I don’t see Newcastle, not because of Howe but because of the restrictions put upon their ability to spend… That might well mean that Eddie becomes a casualty in 18 months, knocking on the door of the FA’s building to take over from Thomas Tuchel.”
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Jordan also ripped into PSR regulations, which he claimed are diminishing the Premier League product. Clubs voted to keep the measures for another season while they assess how to implement a new squad-cost-ratio method - similar to UEFA's model.
“I’d like to think that the governance of the game changes so that, when you have this sustainability argument, I don’t know how anyone can keep a straight face and argue that the people who own Newcastle aren’t sustainable," he added.
“They have people who have more money than God, who are quite prepared to fund them. It’s a nonsense, stupid government argument that’s actually unwinding some of the best parts of the Premier League.”
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