Chief executive says he has no ‘stance on Howe’s future’
David Hopkinson ‘expects great run to end of the season’
Eddie Howe has seven games to reassure Newcastle’s hierarchy that he remains the right manager to lead the club into next season.
Newcastle sit 12th in the Premier League and David Hopkinson, the chief executive, has made plain his displeasure at the recent 2-1 home defeat by Sunderland.
“I don’t have a stance on his [Howe’s] future,” Hopkinson said during a media briefing related to the club’s latest set of, largely encouraging, financial results. “What I can tell you is that the derby loss hurt. We take it seriously. There’s nothing within us that thinks: ‘Well, it’s just three points and on we go.’ It has resonated.”
