Newcastle United have their manager in place but still want a new director of football with Michael Emenalo now the top target.
Eddie Howe became Newcastle boss on Monday but new owners PIF still have plenty of work to do.
A director of football must come in soon, and a host of names have been linked with moves to Newcastle.
Luis Campos, Ralf Rangnick, Marc Overmars, Jason Wilcox… Newcastle have been casting their net far and wide.
Now, The Telegraph claim that Michael Emenalo is closing in on the job after meeting with Newcastle’s owners in Saudi Arabia.
Formerly of Chelsea and Monaco, Emenalo has a long history as a director of football.
Newcastle will hope that he can lead their new era – and fans seem pretty excited by this rumour.
Newcastle fans react to Emenalo rumour
Newcastle fans just want this director of football search to end quickly, but they seem genuinely buzzing with the Emenalo link.
Some believe the club’s plans are now ‘getting exciting’, feeling that Emenalo would be an ‘immense’ capture.
Others have been reading up on Emenalo’s time at Chelsea and feel he could be excellent for Newcastle.
They feel Emenalo sounds like the right man for Newcastle and hope PIF can get the deal done.
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