Newcastle United will officially be playing the Premier League champions on Friday night.
Manchester City are our next opponents, and they were confirmed as champions on Tuesday night.
Leicester’s win against Manchester United handed Manchester City the title with three games to spare.
Despite a slow start, Pep Guardiola’s side have eased to the title. They are currently on 80 points, more than double the amount Newcastle have won so far.
They picked up three of them against Newcastle last year, beating Steve Bruce’s side 2-0 on Boxing Day.
Man City will head to St James’ Park for the return fixture on Friday night, and they are set to receive a guard of honour when they walk onto the pitch.
This is two seasons in a row that Newcastle have had to give the champions a guard of honour. They did the same last year when they faced Liverpool on the final day of the season.
But as Manchester City play their first game since winning the title, Newcastle will be playing their first game since securing survival.
The Magpies’ Premier League status was confirmed on Monday night when Fulham were officially relegated.
Now Newcastle can start planning for next season.
This is going to be a huge summer at St James’ Park. There is still the possibility of a takeover, while Bruce’s future is also up in the air.
But before then, Newcastle still have three games to play, starting with Manchester City on Friday.
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