It's just shy of five years since Eddie Howe arrived at Newcastle with the team flailing at the foot of the Premier League. What followed is little short of miraculous and the man who drove it all will be remembered as one of the club's greatest managers.
But, with a punishing season just gone and another chaotic summer underway, he has decided to call it a day and all interested parties reluctantly accept it's time for a new start.
What next, then? Well, it looks like Matthias Jaissle is the man to follow the toughest of acts. But will he be able to call on Bruno Guimaraes?

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Newcastle's senior (and junior) men drew 1-1 at Gateshead in their first pre-season outing. Sean Steur impressed in his first appearance before fans but we're still very much at the shaking-off-cobwebs stage.
Eddie Howe did speak, briefly, to the assembled press and that was inevitably dominated by transfer talk, especially the clear-as-mud Bruno Guimaraes Arsenal transfer rumours.

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Kevin Keegan died on Monday at the age of 75. He will be remembered by fans of Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton, and Scunthorpe as one of the greatest players in history, but no fans will feel his loss more keenly than those of Newcastle United.
He first joined the club his father supported in 1982, bringing the dynamism and work ethic that helped turn a relegation battle into a promotion campaign. He then did the same almost a decade later when he returned as manager, before assembling the most famous team in Premier League history.
Nobody in the modern era, perhaps in the whole history of Newcastle United, has had a greater impact on the club. Nobody has brought more pride, passion, and joy. RIP King Kev.

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How can you mend a broken podcast? With the show in the can, Bruno fired the starting pistol on 24 hours of headlines, and here we are with a second attempt.

Still digesting Sandro Tonali’s exit, and the destination, we were suddenly having to deal with the potential departure of club captain, star player, and frankly the driving force of the team. Bruno Guimaraes has apparently registered his desire to join Arsenal with club officials, but what does that mean exactly? Will it happen? Can we cope?

Meanwhile, there have been incoming transfers as well. Winger Bazoumana Toure and midfielder Sean Steur have joined the club, and a deal with SC Freiburg for Swiss World Cup star Yohan Manzambi is one step closer after the two clubs thrashed out terms.

The Lasses have recruited, too, strengthening midfield and defence as two members of the squad celebrate impending arrivals of a different kind.