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The owner of Newcastle United is Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. And now Newcastle are the richest club in the Premier League. At the same time, the Public Investment Fund is also ready to spend a lot of money. But the Newcastle management is very experienced. They want to stabilize the team slowly. And I'd say the Newcastle management wouldn't be wrong to trust coach Eddie Howe.
Newcastle management did not spend much money. And they didn't include any star players in the squad. They added Sandro Tonali and Harvey Barnes to the squad. And both of them are midfielders and young players. I guess coach Eddie Howe has different plans. He wants to build the team fit to win the Champions League title in the next few years. And so he is investing money in young players.
Of course there is always a plan behind a team's approach to its player transfer policy from season to season. Newcastle have developed well under Eddie Howe, but I believe he needs to build a better team than he is now if he has ambitions of winning the Premier League title or the Champions League. Eddie Howe is certainly in no rush to do so as long as the management still trusts him, but the fact is that Newcastle have been the better team step by step.
I'm curious about Newcastle in the coming season, of course after they have qualified for the Champions League. Eddie Howe may don't expect too high in Champions League, but still he will do his best to test and try to go as far as they can.
Eddie Howe is an excellent coach. Newcastle were a bottom-of-the-table team. No one imagined that this team would qualify for the Champions League. Eddie Howe has been able to stabilize this team. There were no star players in the squad. Even then, the team was at the top of the points table due to the understanding between the players and good match strategy.
Eddie Howe believes in going slow. And strengthening the team gradually makes it last longer. Perhaps this is why Eddie Howe is in no rush to strengthen his squad. I wouldn't have high hopes for Newcastle in the Champions League next season. But expect this team to fight for the top four of the Premier League table.