Eddie Howe has a very good relationship with Tottenham.
The last six times Newcastle United have played Spurs, it is five wins and one draw for United.
The last nine matches Eddie Howe has faced Tottenham as NUFC boss, it is seven wins, one draw and one defeat.
Tottenham dream of Eddie Howe.
No, not just so Spurs won’t lose to Newcastle United pretty much every time the two teams meet. I mean as an all encompassing manager, they would dream of having Eddie Howe as their boss.
This is who has been in charge of the Tottenham team these past five years:
Until April 2021 – Jose Mourinho
Until June 2021 – Ryan Mason
Until November 2021 – Nuno
Until March 2023 – Antonio Conte
Until April 2023 – Cristian Stellini
Until June 2023 – Ryan Mason
Until June 2025 – Ange Postecoglou
Until February 2026 – Thomas Frank
Until ???? 2026 – Igor Tudor
Tudor has been in the job exactly four weeks now, Tottenham have lost all four matches under their new boss, conceding 14 goals.
It is now widely reported that Spurs are actively searching for a replacement and if/when Tottenham lose at Anfield on Sunday, Igor Tudor will go the distance and a new (new new) manager will be swiftly appointed.
Tottenham will end up having had ten different (counting Mason’s spells as separate management times) managers picking the Spurs team in the space of less than five years. Nine already but it will be ten very shortly.
Tottenham have huge financial superiority over most clubs, as well as many other advantages, yet they are a total mess.
It was announced in the Brentford accounts released on the day he was sacked last month, that Tottenham paid Brentford £6.7m compensation to get Thomas Frank. Maybe not quite as much cash as Chelsea have gone through doing so, but just how much have Spurs paid out across these years, paying compensation to other clubs to get their managers, then having to pay off these same managers (and their staff) not very long afterwards?
Of course, if you pick a bad one, you can’t just persevere blindly with them, but how can Spurs (and Chelsea) keep managing to do this, time after time?
Which brings me to Newcastle United.
Which brings me to Eddie Howe.
Eddie Howe has brought stability, continuity, consistency AND success to Newcastle United, despite not having anything close to the financial and other advantages that the likes of Spurs and Chelsea have.
Yet a fair few Newcastle United fans would have our club following the ‘Tottenham Way’, despite what Eddie Howe has shown year after year, happy to replace him with some random choice that they are ‘sure’ will be able to do a better job than the genius we have as United boss.
On top of his elite player recruitment and tactical nous across more than four years, Eddie Howe is also a class act when representing us off the pitch, how he speaks to the media, his honesty and readiness to accept responsibility, not throw his players under a bus like certain jokers Newcastle United have employed in the past.
I would love to think that Tottenham will go through another ten or more managers in charge whilst Eddie Howe still remains our leader. If that happens, then Newcastle United will be in a really good place.
For many short-sighted people, Newcastle United fans in this case, they don’t appreciate something/somebody, until no longer there.
Eddie Howe would be a dream appointment for Tottenham BUT if he ever did leave Newcastle United, they would have a serious battle on to attract him, as clubs such as Chelsea and Manchester United would also be desperate to attract him.