Newcastle United appear to have failed in their pursuit of Unai Emery – and a move for Joachim Löw also seems to have fallen by the wayside.
The Magpies sacked Steve Bruce last month as their new owners look to put their stamp on the club.
So far though, Newcastle have been unable to secure a replacement with a number of targets fading away.
Villarreal boss Unai Emery appeared to be the favourite, but he has now committed his future to his current club.
Guillem Balague posted a major thread about Emery’s reasons for rejecting Newcastle, and also dropped a nugget about Löw.
Balague claims Newcastle wanted Löw
Balague tweeted that Emery would reject Newcastle just like Xavi Hernandez, Antonio Conte and Joachim Löw.
Links to Xavi and Conte have been well-known for weeks now, but interest in Löw is a new one.
The 61-year-old is out of management having left his post as Germany boss back in July following Euro 2020.
Löw spent 15 years in that job, winning 124 of his 197 games as well as winning the 2014 World Cup.
Löw hasn’t managed in the club game since being in charge of Austria Wien in 2004, so walking into the Newcastle job would be quite the gamble.
Still, Löw is a big name and a winner, but whilst Newcastle fancied bringing him in, the German decided this job wasn’t for him.
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