Coach Eddie Howe intends to favor quality over quantity during the next transfer window to arm Newcastle for the next Champions League.
The Magpies secured their ticket to the C1 on Monday eveningby obtaining the point they lacked against relegated Leicester (0-0). Now certain of appearing in the Top 4 of the Premier League at the end of the season, a first since the 2002-03 season, the club bought in October 2021 by Saudi investors will be able to prepare for next season.
“I think we’ve been really, really good in the three transfer windows since I arrived here.commented Howe, appointed after the takeover of the club. “There the challenge becomes harder and harder because the team has improved and there are fewer players who can make us better“, he continued Monday evening, anticipating the most delicate transfer window since his arrival on the Newcastle bench.
Upcoming recruits? “We’re not going to go to a lot of people, I don’t think that could be the case, we don’t have the financial capacities that many people attribute to us. We are going to have to be smart, it will be a small group of players, but players who can make a difference.“The return of the Magpies to C1 nineteen months after the takeover of the club constitutes a first milestone for the new owners, who have injected more than 250 million pounds (around 290 million euros) since their arrival, and a source of satisfaction for their supporters, who had been waiting for more than twenty years.