Eddie Howe to leave Newcastle with immediate effect

What the report says

Nile Post, carrying a BBC Sport report, says Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe is expected to depart the club immediately. The report attributes the development to sources who spoke to BBC Sport, rather than to a formal club announcement. It says Howe’s last game in charge was a 4-1 pre-season friendly loss to Bristol City on Wednesday.

The report says pressure had grown on the 48-year-old after Newcastle ended the previous Premier League campaign in 12th place, losing 17 of 38 league matches. That league finish was described as a sharp disappointment after the club had placed fifth in 2024-25, despite major spending on new players estimated in the report at about £240 million a year earlier.

Howe took over from Steve Bruce in November 2021 and, according to the report, oversaw a period that included Champions League qualification in 2023 and 2025. The article also credits him with ending Newcastle’s 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy by winning the 2025 Carabao Cup. Last season, Newcastle reached the Champions League last 16 before being beaten 8-3 on aggregate by Barcelona, while their EFL Cup defence ended in the semi-finals.

The reported exit would come during a period of squad change. Nile Post’s article says Newcastle have sold Sandro Tonali to Tottenham and Anthony Gordon to Barcelona this summer. The development matters because Howe had been central to Newcastle’s recent rise, but the report indicates results and squad upheaval have left the club facing another managerial reset.