Eddie Howe set to stay at Newcastle United into 2026/27 - David Ornstein

Eddie Howe has received assurances on his future during last week's high-level meetings with the Newcastle United hierarchy.

After a run of horrendous results combined with very below-standard performances, the pressure was cranking up on the Newcastle boss going into the meetings with chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan and the PIF delegation at Matfen Hall last week.

Howe branded the talks as positive in his press conference on Friday morning, and he seemed quite relaxed about his future.

There was a belief that Howe wouldn't be sacked going into those meetings with reports suggesting that Yasir Al Rumayyan was a big fan of Eddie Howe and, as such, would offer the gaffer a chance to put things right.

Eddie Howe is staying for next season

The Athletic's David Ornstein confirmed on Sunday that this is indeed the case and that Howe is expected to be in the hot seat at the start of next season.

He reports that Howe retains the support of the owners and is keen to continue, but ‘all parties accept this season can’t be repeated.’

It’s also thought that only an unfortunate turn of events will now see Howe depart this summer, which we could read as losing each of the last three games in embarrassing fashion.

Ornstein adds that there is a consensus that Howe is still the right man for the job, which puts to bed the idea that David Hopkinson would be looking to bring in his own hire for the role.

Richard Keys was wrong again

This obviously flies right in the face of what Richard Keys was saying yesterday that Howe will go in the summer, but let's be honest, nobody believed him anyway.

We're glad to see that the board are giving Eddie Howe another chance. There were too many mitigating factors to place all the blame for this poor season at Howe's feet, although we will admit that he should have performed better in his role as manager this season.

With a stable board behind him and a sporting director who actually cares about his job, this summer should be massively different to last year, and if that proves to be the case, it removes a wealth of excuses for Howe ahead of next season, so we can finally see what he can actually do.

We hope it doesn't transpire this way, but next season could be make-or-break for Howe. If he can't get the team firing next season, he's got nowhere left to hide. In that case, we'd have no problem with him being let go if we can look at things and see that the poor performances were down to the manager and nothing else, but that really hasn't been the case this season.