Newcastle United chiefs have vowed that they will fight to keep Eddie Howe, if England want him as their next manager.
The Magpies boss is among the frontrunners to replace Gareth Southgate and, as Mail Sport reported on Monday, a formal approach from the Football Association would leave him with ‘a decision to make’, despite him being settled and very happy on Tyneside.
Chief executive Darren Eales has revealed that Howe signed a new contract last summer - we understand it was an ‘amendment’ to his existing, long-term deal - and that compensation would have to be paid, although there was no ‘set figure’.