Eddie Howe insists he would quit if he did not believe he was right man for Newcastle

Manager has ‘no doubt’ he remains best person for job

Newcastle travel to Spurs on Tuesday in 12th place

Eddie Howe has said he would offer Newcastle his resignation if he believed he was no longer the right man to lead the club.

Howe’s team visit Tottenham on Tuesday night aiming to end the run of three successive Premier League defeats that has prompted their slide to 12th place. Victory would be their first in an away match since December but the 48-year-old manager remains confident he can navigate his fatigued side out of their slump.

“I think the key question I always have to ask myself is: ‘Am I the right person to take the team and the club forward?’ There’s no doubt in my mind [that I’m the right man],” said Howe, whose players have sometimes failed to cope with a relentless fixture list prompted, partly, by their ongoing involvement in the ­Champions League. “If there was [doubt] I wouldn’t be [here] because the club’s the most important thing. I’d never put myself before the club.”