News Summary

• Eddie Howe appears worn down by the exhausting task of guiding a talented team to elite expectations.
• Newcastle United, under Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, is, on paper, the richest in the world.
• Premier League investment rules and a lack of urgency in building a supporting structure have prevented both the assembly of a squad for sustained success and the creation of an executive framework to achieve it.
• Alan Shearer: "I looked at the players yesterday, and if that was what they call fighting for their manager, because he is under huge pressure, whether you like it or not, they were terrible"