Howe ‘desperately’ wants Newcastle to win Carabao Cup and end fans’ wait
Howe ‘desperately’ wants Newcastle to win Carabao Cup and end fans’ wait
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Eddie Howe accepts Newcastle’s season could hinge on Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup quarter-final against Brentford. “I feel we can still grab the season and be very successful,” said Howe. “But games like this become pivotal to that. We can achieve great things but, likewise, the opposite can happen if we don’t have the right attitude to this game.”.
Lifting the Carabao Cup would make Howe, a losing finalist to Manchester United in 2023, the first English manager to secure the trophy since Steve McClaren at Middlesbrough in 2004. “That’s not so much in my thoughts,” he said. “It’s for Newcastle, trying to end this club’s wait for a trophy is the burning desire.”.
Newcastle have not won a domestic cup competition since the FA Cup in 1955. “We want to be the team that gets over the line and achieves something special,” added Howe. “Nothing will be taken for granted but we know, if we can hit the correct levels of performance, we’re a match for anyone in the division.”.
Howe’s team have been wildly inconsistent in recent weeks and the manager’s room for transfer market manoeuvre remains heavily restricted by the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR). “I’d say PSR have had a dramatic effect on the speed of our journey,” said Howe, who has been tasked by the club’s Saudi Arabian ownership with hoovering up silverware and turning his side into European regulars. “Of course that reflects on our ability to change things as quickly as possible in terms of winning trophies.
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