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Simon Jordan is adamant that Eddie Howe is not the man Newcastle want at the helm long-term - even though he could end the club's 70-year domestic trophy drought this weekend.

The Magpies have reached the Carabao Cup final for the second time in three years and are out to win their first major English trophy since lifting the FA Cup all the way back in 1955 when they lock horns with Liverpool on Sunday.

Howe has widely been commended for the fine job he's done at St.



James' Park since his appointment back in November 2021 and has already taken the club back into the Champions League after re-establishing them in the upper echelons of the league.

But Jordan is convinced that Howe remains a 'gatekeeper' at the club and that their backers, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, will eventually give him the boot.

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Ultimately, it’s very unlikely that the lofty ambitions of the Saudis, who didn’t buy Newcastle so they can win the League Cup, they want to win the Premier League and Champions League.

“They will take the League Cup in the meantime because it will mean so much to the fans(

My perception was that Eddie might be very valuable and deservingly rewarded for achieving something at Newcastle, which is getting a good side, a team that is really competitive in the Premier League and who people actually like to watch.

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Howe and Newcastle are hoping for a different outcome in the Carabao Cup final this weekend after losing back in 2023.

Maybe he will win the League Cup on the weekend but I don’t see Newcastle [winning trophies] not because of Howe but because of the restrictions put upon their ability to spend… That might well mean that Eddie becomes a casualty in 18 months, knocking on the door of the FA’s building to take over from Thomas Tuchel.”

While Jordan doesn't see Newcastle and Howe staying together in the long run, the 47-year-old would go down in Magpies history if he can outwit Arne Slot and Liverpool on Sunday afternoon under Wembley's famous arch.

And coming so close to winning a major trophy in 2023, Howe is hungry to make the most of this opportunity to do what they couldn't against Manchester United.

Speaking last month, he said: “It’s a long time [since the club won a trophy].
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