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Rafael Benitez is confident Newcastle owner Mike Ashley shares his ambition for the club.
The pair will sit down in the next week or so to discuss the next phase of the Magpies' development.
The 57-year-old Spaniard fulfilled the initial remit he was handed when he agreed to stay on Tyneside in May last year by securing promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt.
Benitez knows his squad will have to undergo another expensive overhaul if he is to keep the club in the top flight and with Ashley having put the brakes on recruitment in January, he will have to fully justify every purchase.