Newcastle United je dobio novog managera. Njegovo ime je Steve McClaren. On je sa Svrakama potpisao ugovor na tri godine, sa mogućnošću da se on produži na još pet godina.

"Newcastle United are delighted to announce the appointment of Steve McClaren as the Club's new head coach.

McClaren joins United on a deal for an initial term of three years, which could be extended to eight.

Managing director Lee Charnley said: "From my first meeting with Steve I knew he was the perfect fit for Newcastle United.

"I am delighted that we have secured the services of one of the best coaches in English football.

"He has 20 years' experience, including for the national team and at the highest level of European competition.

His most notable achievements include winning the Eredivisie with FC Twente and guiding Middlesbrough to a League Cup win in 2004 and to the final of the UEFA Cup in 2006.

"He has a proven track record of being an innovative and forward-thinking coach and developing and improving players, which was a key quality we sought in the individual to fill this role.

"Steve also brings with him a great enthusiasm and passion for the job, the Club and the city, which he articulated to me very clearly from the outset.

"This is a huge job which comes with considerable pressures and I am convinced that Steve not only understands the weight of expectation that comes with this role, but that he has the strength of character and professionalism befitting of a club of our size and status.

"Steve has been tasked to secure a top-eight finish in the Premier League and he is also heavily incentivised to try to win a cup competition.

"We recognise supporters' strong desire to win a trophy, an ambition which the Club now shares as Mike Ashley made clear in his comments on the final day of the season. Steve is excited by this and he has our full support in trying to achieve this goal.

"Our immediate focus will be on working with Steve to assess and improve upon our playing squad, as well as appointing individuals to his backroom staff."

Speaking of his appointment, McClaren said: "I am privileged to be appointed head coach of Newcastle United. This is a big club with a wonderful heritage.

"St. James' Park is like a cathedral on a Saturday afternoon, a symbol for the city and I am excited to be given this opportunity.

"I know how important Newcastle United is to the city and the region.

"The supporters are some of the most loyal, passionate and devoted in the world. Despite everything they maintain their faith. We owe it to them to do everything we can to reward them with success.

"There's a lot of work to do, but the Club has made it clear about wanting success and I would not have come here if I didn't believe they were serious.

"This Club has waited far too long to win a trophy. That's one of my primary objectives here.

"I've already won trophies as a manager, and a club the size of Newcastle United should be winning cups and finishing in the top eight in the Premier League.

"I'm determined to give the supporters of Newcastle United a team they can be proud of. The hard work starts now".

John Carver i Steve Stone su danas dobili otkaz od Newcastle United-a. Ugovor ih je sa Svrakama vezivao do septembra 2020. godine, ali će oni sigurno dobiti neku vrstu kompenzacije.

U sredu se očekuje da Steve McClaren bude postavljen za novog managera Newcastle United-a. Očekuje se da će njegov pomoćnik biti Paul Simpson, koji mu je bio pomoćnik u Derby County-u.

Moguće je čak da McClaren-ov pomoćnik bude i Lee Clarke.

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Iako još uvek dresovi nisu zvanično predstavljeni, neko ih je negde kupio.

Tačno osam godina i jedan dan prošlo je od kada je Michael James Wallace Ashley kupio Newcastle United. Tačno toliko je i trebalo da se dotični gospodin kao vlasnik Newcastle United-a, po prvi put obrati javnosti i progovori preko Sky Sportsa. Pitanja mu je postavljao novinar Sky Sportsa David Craig, na samo desetak minuta pre meča sa West Ham United-om.

Just how disappointed are you to arrive here today and find Newcastle in this situation?

I can't have really imagined it from Christmas, I probably didn’t anticipate we would be anywhere near this situation. Obviously after the last couple of weeks I’m still a little bit shocked by where we find ourselves today.

The fans want to know who's responsible. In your opinion is it collective responsibility or does it stop at your door?

My door.

What will do if the worst happens to this football club today and it falls into the Championship?

If you're talking about investing in a club I will continue a policy of investing in the football club.

Will you invest enough to make sure it comes back at the first attempt to the Premier League?

Yes if there is such a thing, if you're able to guarantee that I would like to say I could guarantee that, that investment but obviously the results is not something that I (indecipherable end to sentence).

If the best happens and you stay in the Premier League today, what's your plan for the club?

Well on the only positive I think, we've got the club on a very sound financial footing so we are able to spend relatively and punch above our weight now with the current financial situation that the club finds itself in.

If you hadn't come in to this club when you did and cleared the debt, where do you think it would be?

Financially not as strong. But unfortunately, I'm going to add to that that that really isn't good enough so it's no good having the horse and cart scenario. And we may have the cart financially but we now need to bolt the horse on - and we're going to.

What's your ambition for the club?

It's now going to be definitely to win something – and by the way, I shan't be selling it until I do.

Can we just be clear on that, because there's been so much rumour whether you might, might not - the club is not for sale?

Not at any price.

And by the way, when I say win something, if we ever get in a position that we get a Champions League place, that also qualifies as winning something.

What's your message to the fans today?

Today we don't need to be unlucky - not today - but but from this day forward, we will definitely be making our own luck.

There are obviously one or two things to be sorted out come the end of the season. Can we expect you and your advisors to be acting on that fairly imminently with regards to appointments with managers and such like?

On that basis it's Lee Charnley and the Football Board that make those decisions, as it was Derek Llambias who
brought in Alan Pardew. So I will not be picking the next manager, it's not what I do.

My job is make sure that they have a maximum amount of financial resources and it's their job to get the best pound for pound value out of those resources.

To be very clear, you're here to stay and you want to make this club successful?

"To be categorically clear, I'm not going anywhere until we win something."

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