Newcastle have been urged to forget about appointing Mauricio Pochettino as their manager, with Rafael Benitez favoured by former striker Michael Chopra.
The St James’ Park club have been the subject of takeover speculation this summer, with Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammad bin Salman closing in on taking a controlling stake in the club.
With the new regime, it is expected that there will be a change at the helm of the first team, with Steve Bruce expected to make way for a new man.
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Both Pochettino and Benitez have been linked with the post, but Chopra prefers the Spaniard over the Argentine, who took Tottenham to the Champions League final and helped them to second in the Premier League but ultimately came up short when it came to ending the club’s trophy drought.