Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has actually recommended that Eddie Howe might be dismissed as Newcastle United supervisor if the group stops working to get approved for next season’s UEFA Champions League.

Jordan made that declaration while appearing on the Three Up Front podcast. The previous honcho thinks that the expectations at Newcastle have actually substantially increased considering that Howe’s consultation in November 2021, specifically under the ownership of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

“If Newcastle were to have another season like their last, Eddie Howe will not be there at the start of next year,” Jordan stated. “They desperately need to bounce back this season. The expectations of the players and the manager have been raised. Last year was very disappointing.”

Howe took control of a having a hard time Newcastle side that was fighting transfer and handled to guide them to an 11th-place surface in his very first season. In his very first complete project, he led the Magpies to a fourth-place surface, protecting an area in the 2023–24 Champions League.

However, the Magpies’ efficiency in Europe was horrible, didn’t advance beyond the group phase, and lost out on clinching European football at the end of last season.

Jordan highlighted the pressure on Howe to provide outcomes this season, specifically provided the considerable financial investment in the team. Newcastle invested £57 million throughout the summer season transfer window, generating Lewis Hall, Odysseas Vlachodimos, William Osula, Lloyd Kelly, and John Ruddy in a rather average transfer window for the club.

Jordan worried that Newcastle’s enthusiastic owners will anticipate the group to go back to the Champions League, provided the monetary power backing the club, and they might fire Howe if he stops working to get the group to that point after doing so with a most likely even worse team 2 years back.

“For a club that has that financial might behind it with very ambitious owners, they will expect Champions League football again,” he stated.