Newcastle United are reshaping their project after Eddie Howe stepped down and Matthias Jaissle arrived as head coach, with the club seeking a more sustainable way to compete while avoiding further Uefa financial sanctions. The change marks a significant shift from Howe’s successful era, which ended with Newcastle’s long wait for silverware but followed a difficult transfer window and a disappointing 12th-place league finish.

The club is focusing more on younger continental recruits, stronger data analysis and player trading, partly after selling Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon and facing Bruno Guimaraes’s expected move to Arsenal. Newcastle have signed five younger players this summer, while Jaissle’s record at Red Bull Salzburg and Al-Ahli suggests he will bring an intense, high-pressing style; he joins shortly before the 23 August league opener against Liverpool.