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Retired Newcastle player advises Eddie Howe to resist temptation to jump to Manchester United

Retired Newcastle player advises Eddie Howe to resist temptation to jump to Manchester UnitedDanehouse

John Barnes doesn't believe the grass would be greener at Old Trafford for Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe.

Newcastle have struggled this season, with the Magpies in 12th place in the Premier League after going winless over their last five league matches. Reports of unrest between Howe and Newcastle sporting director Paul Mitchell have only increased as the club's on-field woes continue, and with Erik ten Hag out at Manchester United there have been some suggestions that Howe could swap the Magpies for the Red Devils.

However, Man United are currently even lower in the standings, sitting a point behind Newcastle in 14th place, and Barnes isn't convinced that a move to Old Trafford would be an upward one for Howe at this time.

"Manchester United are a bigger club than Newcastle, but if he went there, would things work out better than they have for him at Newcastle?" Barnes told Lucky Block.

"At least the Newcastle players will play for him, and I’m not sure you could say with any confidence that that would be the case at Old Trafford.

"Will he turn down Man United if they come calling?  I think that Eddie would be jumping straight out of the frying pan and into the fire with that if he were to join them. That’s not to say he won't do it, because the Manchester United job is something that should appeal to all ambitious managers, but there are obviously a lot of issues at the club at this moment in time."

 

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