Newcastle's search for a new manager will go on.
Unai Emery publicly turned down the club's approach for him and pledged his future to Villarreal on Wednesday, leaving the Saudi-owned Magpies looking for another coach to take charge of a new, ambitious project whose first target is getting out of the relegation zone.
Newcastle is winless in 10 matches (0-6-4) to start the Premier League season and sits six points out of 17th place and safety. The club fired manager Steve Bruce soon after the controversial Saudi takeover and has sights set on becoming England's next powerhouse given that it is now the richest club in the land, but first it needs a steward to help avoid what would be a very humiliating drop to the second tier.