According to Soccer Link, former Valencia director of football Pablo Longoria has emerged as the favourite to become Newcastle United’s Sporting Director.
The 33-year-old held the role at the Spanish club between February 2018 and September 2019, and was the head of recruitment and chief scout at Juventus between August 2015 and February 2018.
Longoria was the head of scouting at Sassuolo, Racing Santander and Recreativo Huelva, and was also a scout at Atalanta.
The Spaniard once worked with Newcastle as a scout 12 years ago when Dennis Wise was the Director of Football, and it appears he will be taking up that role post-takeover.