Paul Mitchell’s Newcastle exit leaves Eddie Howe in position of maximum strength | Louise Taylor

There was a lack of trust between Newcastle’s sporting director and manager from the moment Mitchell joined last yearThe table was all wrong. In retrospect it offered the first clue that lack of emotional intelligence would prove central to Paul Mitchell’s undoing at Newcastle.It was early last September when reporters were invited to St James’ Park to meet the club’s then newish sporting director. As Mitchell strode into the windowless Sir Bobby Robson suite and took his seat at the head of a very long rectangular table he neglected to notice that journalists at the opposite end were isolated from the conversation. Continue reading...

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