NEWCASTLE: Eddie Howe said on Friday that any talk of Newcastle United winning the Premier League and the Champions League are long-term goals, and he does not feel any added pressure as a result of recent, very public title predictions of title successes by Amanda Staveley.
After the 2-0 defeat by Manchester United in the final of the Carabao Cup last Sunday, Staveley, a member of the club’s board of directors, shared an emotional momAent with the players in the royal box at Wembley.
Then, on Monday, she made some bold claims during an interview with radio station TalkSPORT. “We will win the Carabao Cup, we will win the FA Cup, we will win the Champions League and we will win the Premier League,” she said.
While many of the Newcastle faithful took her comments in a buoyant, positive spirit, it did cause some to wonder whether it had put the pressure on Howe to deliver such success.