Eddie Howe has done a fantastic job developing and improving players since becoming Newcastle United manager in 2021.
The 47-year-old has transformed the club from a relegation-threatened side to one that challenges for Europe every season.
Newcastle United are favoured to return to the Champions League after winning their last three Premier League matches and having a game in hand over their rivals in the table.
The win against Leicester City on Monday night moved them up to fifth in the Premier League, and they could move even higher with a win against Manchester United on Sunday.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 5 |  NewcastleNewcastle | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 39 | 13 | 53 |
Even if the Magpies return to the Champions League, nothing will top the Carabao Cup final win in March, which saw Newcastle end an agonising wait for silverware which lasted over half a century.
The win means that Newcastle will play in Europe next season, with the Europa Conference League a certainty even if they fall out of the race for the top five.
While Newcastle fans want to build Howe a statue, former Crystal Palace owner turned talk show host Simon Jordan has suggested this could be as good as it gets for the Toon boss on Tyneside.
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Very few would have predicted Newcastle’s meteoric rise after Howe was appointed head coach in 2021. Former Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley was warned against hiring Howe, but she later admitted that it was the best decision the club made following the takeover.
Howe was considered for the England job after Gareth Southgate left, but was never approached for the role despite being a heavy favourite to take over as Three Lions boss.
While Yasir Al-Rumayyan thinks Newcastle will win more trophies in the future, Jordan believes that Eddie Howe will not be the person to do that.
Speaking on TalkSport, Jordan discussed Newcastle’s Champions League hopes and what the future holds for Howe.
“If (Newcastle) can compound the League Cup win with an appearance in the Champions League. They’ll be better equipped for next year than they were the first time around because they’re going into a new format, and they’ve seen the beneficiaries of being other clubs that would not have necessarily thrived the way that they did had it been the one that Newcastle played in. It will be a real stepping stone.
“I still maintain the view that I don’t think Eddie Howe will carry them to the Premier League – I hope he does, I’m not suggesting that this is a diminishing aspect.
“I don’t think the PIF bought Newcastle to win the League Cup, you saw the biggest reveal in the emotional outburst with Amanda Staveley saying ‘we’re gonna win the Premier League, we’re gonna win the Champions League’.
“To do that there is going to have to be a significant change in the rules or allow Eddie to develop this football club over a five, six, seven-year period, and I don’t think anyone gets that time in football anymore.”
Jordan is referring to Staveley’s claim about Newcastle’s future following their defeat to Man United in the 2023 Carabao Cup final, where she claimed that the Magpies will win every trophy available. The comments at the time were possibly emotionally driven, but have been used as fuel for Jordan’s argument in this case.
Fabian Schar discusses Newcastle United’s title hopes
At one point this season, Newcastle could still win the domestic treble. They achieved one-third of that by bringing the Carabao Cup back to Tyneside but failed in their efforts to win the FA Cup.
Newcastle can still win the Premier League, but it would take an almighty collapse from Liverpool to achieve that.
While there may not be any more silverware this season, there are high hopes that Newcastle can push on and bag more trophies in the 2025/26 campaign.
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Fabian Schar was a star against Leicester City on Monday, and he spoke to the Chronicle about Newcastle’s aspirations for next season, but did not give much away.
“Yeah, for sure (there is more to come for Newcastle). The last few weeks have been pretty good for us.
“The cup title and the last few results in the Premier League. We know we have to perform every week in the Premier League as it is a difficult league.
“We are in this season, so I don’t think about next season. There are plenty of games left, lots of difficult games coming up, it’s very tight in the table.
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