On the day of the launch of the ‘new’ Newcastle, everything has to be perfect, and, for the new owners, the presence of Steve Bruce on the bench would only spoil the picture. The Daily Mail newspaper reported today that the new board of directors of Las Urracas plans to fire the coach this week, so that in Sunday’s game against Tottenham the change of stage is already evident where they can get their hands on without the need for a transfer market in between.
Bruce, who assumed from the outset that the change of ownership was a direct sentence, You will receive compensation for the dismissal that will be around 10 million euros. For Sunday’s game, however, it is not expected that there will be a definitive substitute, but it seems that it will be Graeme Jones, assistant to the still coach, who sits on the bench. All this, in any case, without it being clear who will be his successorNew names and new possibilities are constantly appearing in the English press when there are just a few days left for the team to face the Spurs.
In the shortlist of candidates, Steven Gerrard seems the one who rings the most insistently, but, as he is still at the controls of the Rangers and there he is comfortable, it seems difficult to convince him. The shortlist of unlikely names has now been joined by Brendan Rodgers, who has practically no chances of leaving Leicester, while Lucien Favre, a former Borussia Dortmund player, seems to have entered the scene. Whichever manager is chosen, he is on a mission to get the most out of a team that is 19th in the Premier League and yet to be victorious in the league.
