Newcastle United are still looking for a new manager, but it seems as though they may be about to fill another backroom role.
Indeed, according to the Daily Mail, Newcastle are set to hire 43-year-old Elliot Dickman as a new U23s coach.
This move is bound to be a rather controversial one in some circles. After all, Dickman has spent the last 26 years of his life working for Sunderland, who are, of course, Newcastle’s biggest rivals.
Dickman probably won’t have to adjust too much. After all, he’s spent 26 years working in football in the north-east with Sunderland, so he probably knows exactly what sort of task lies ahead of him.
It is interesting to note that Newcastle have made a change to the U23s structure before appointing a new first-team manager, and perhaps this suggests that the new Saudi-led regime in charge of the Magpies is keen to focus on the youth system at St James’ Park.
Newcastle do have plenty of talented youngsters at the club such as Eliott Anderson and the Longstaff brothers.
While the Tyneside outfit’s new owners may go out and sign some of the biggest names in the game in years to come, they’d be fools to neglect an academy system in a catchment area that has regularly produced world-class footballers.
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