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Didi Hamann sat down with Chronicle Live to discuss his exit from St James' Park in full after the popular German star was sold controversially to Liverpool ...

"It is part of the business. He said: "That had to do with Duncan Ferguson coming in from Everton. "I just took an opportunity to win trophies. "So they said to me: 'If you find a club where we get our money back in the summer then we have a solution'. "It all started to unravel after I'd left. At the same time, we had good players, but we weren't the best team we could have been." He said: "When I came back in November didn't get straight back in the team. Hamann spoke about the dynamics of a broken dressing room. Hamann picked up an injury in Gullit's first game in charge, a 4-1 loss to Liverpool, but then impressed fans later that season with goals against Arsenal and Nottingham Forest. "I was out with a medial ligament injury in my knee. But after the man who signed him from Bayern Munich in Kenny Dalglish was replaced by Ruud Gullit, Hamann had to prove himself to the Dutchman all over again. I got injured in one of my first games for the club against Liverpool under Ruud, his first match.

Newcastle United's first Wembley final since 1999 is nearly here, and this is all you need to know if you are making the trip to London this weekend.

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The Hard Tackle gives three reasons Newcastle United will beat Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final to end their trophy drought.

His biggest strength turned into a disaster as he was given his marching orders after handling the ball well outside his area in his attempt to clear the ball in a one-on-one against Mohamed Salah in a moment of madness. That was followed by another spectacular block in the return leg to deny Adam Armstrong the chance to make it 3-2 on aggregate, and a nervy last 10 minutes at St. But then again, the correct way to get media attention is to spend £50 million on a flashy centre-back, and not by improving the cast-offs in Schar and Burn and making them the cornerstone of your team. The easy answer to how Newcastle have maneuvered this is to point to the deepest of deep pockets the new owners possess. Howe seemed to have taken the criticism personally and has now built a backline that simply refuses to let in goals. This is a team with steel and a healthy degree of cynicism running through the players’ veins thanks to the countless relegation battles they have fought in the recent past. Before Howe’s arrival, Newcastle were on course to become the worst defensive side in Premier League history last season; they are now the best in the English top flight. Newcastle United have the best defensive record in the Premier League. Their high-pressing, high-intensity brand of football led them to a club-record 17-game unbeaten run in the league, which has served as the foundation for a successful season on Tyneside. From nailed-on relegation candidates to contenders for Champions League berths and on the verge of creating history, this has been a meteoric rise for the Magpies. The Red Devils will have played four games in the 12 days leading up to the final, including a tough Europa League double header with Barcelona. Newcastle United have been transformed from a passive team into one of the most effective pressing teams in the Premier League.

Bob Moncur had no idea of the significance of what he and his team-mates had just done.

"It's a tag that somebody gave me, because I was the captain, and very proud of it – and have been all over these years,” said Moncur. You were just lucky and delighted to be in the team, and we had a good team spirit. “I remember over in Budapest for the final, it was red hot. “If anyone's going to take it away, the title of the last man (to lift a trophy), I'd like it to be Kieran Trippier. We were 2-0 down, and we got it back to 3-2. It was a bonus for us. He's in a good team with good players." Then they've brought Bruno (Guimaraes) in, and the big boys at the back. All the goals you scored, and you still won nowt!'. “We were very fortunate to get in in the first place, finishing ninth, because of the two-city rule that got us in. “This season, we're on a great run. “I've given a lot of stuff away.

I took him to Old Trafford once, they played rubbish and got beaten by West Ham in the Carabao Cup. A few months passed, Ole lost control of the wheel and Ralf ...

I expect him and mates will be watching Newcastle at the match themselves in years to come and likely in the Champions League. Quite something that he even came given Man U aren’t in the Champions League and they tried to sign De Jong and then Adrien Rabiot before pulling this rabbit out of the hat. After looking like he’d forgotten how to play football last season, the boy Marcus (he’s actually 25 now) has been in the form of his life since the World Cup with 16 goals in 17 games. He sets the tone for NUFC and is a danger from set pieces. I wanted an out and out centre forward in the line-up. I found it astonishing he wasn’t in the Dutch squad for the World Cup given his quality. He made two first class saves in the first half to keep Leicester at bay who deserved to lead at half time rather than be 1-0 down. On Thursday he took to wearing his Barcelona shirt whilst watching Man U at the Camp Nou with his armchair red of a Father and declared he will be doing so again this week. I enjoy taking him to the match, Newcastle United will never be my team but it seems it will always be his. He has encylopaedic knowledge of the squad and revels in telling me why Bruno wears No. Then my son came home from school full of it, how NUFC were going to be the richest club in the world (perhaps not strictly true) and how all his mates at school supported the Toon. I took him to Old Trafford once, they played rubbish and got beaten by West Ham in the Carabao Cup.

NEWCASTLE UNITED are heading to the rebuilt Wembley for the first time as they face Man Utd in the Carabao Cup final.But a string of misfortunes for t.

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Karius and Mark Gillespie, the former Newcastle academy goalkeeper, are the only two shot-stoppers available to Howe, given Pope, the first choice, is suspended ...

With Loris I had a chat with him on Saturday night, I felt the need to connect with him and speak with him. “I think if you go right back to the start of the season you would do things differently. “There’s been loads of stories through the times in football where these things have happened and there’s been a really positive outcome or not. I talk with all my players, I try to get round and speak to them all every day. “It would be a magnificent chance for him to rewrite the story of his career,” Howe said of Karius at Newcastle’s League Cup final media day on Tuesday. “As soon as it happened it was almost that feeling that there’s another story in Karius’ career – another page or chapter to write and who knows what that chapter will look like?

Howe, also without the cup-tied Martin Dubravka, must choose between Karius and Mark Gillespie for the final. “They're two goalkeepers who have been part of our ...

His initial thought wasn't with himself, it was with the team and what he needed to do to help whoever was playing, “I spoke to him Saturday night,” said Howe. I’ve no doubts he can handle the occasion.” Asked if their lack of game time was a concern, Howe said: “No, not so much as it would be with an outfield player. "That’s the only difference. “No, we didn’t appeal,” said Howe.

Newcastle United will be without their No.1 goalkeeper for the Carabao Cup final against Manchester United.

[Visit our website here](https://www.newcastleworld.com/newsletter) to sign up for yours. To work as normal and get them ready for the game.” Their attitude to everything they’ve done has been very good. They’ve been excellent. “No, we didn’t appeal,” Howe confirmed to the local media at today’s pre-Wembley media day. Advertisement

Eddie Howe says he hopes to return the "love" fans have for Newcastle with "a trophy" at the end of a week in which the club's goalkeeping department has ...

"It would mean the world for me to do it," he added. They’ll move inside the stadium at 14:30 GMT and former players John Anderson and Steve Howey will be on site to give their views on a landmark day. "It would be a magnificent chance for him to rewrite the story of his career.

NEWCASTLE: Eddie Howe is backing former Liverpool keeper Loris Karius to 'handle the occasion' as he looks set to make his Newcastle United debut in the ...

We thought it was wise to leave him out of the game, and really pleased with his fitness. His initial thought wasn’t with himself, it was with the team and what he needed to do to help whoever was playing, That’s something I’ll speak to all the players about.” And due to the ineligibility of No. Are they able to last the game? 2 Martin Dubravka, who is cup-tied due to appearing in the competition for this weekend’s opponents Manchester United, and a ban received this week by No.

Keith Lasley was assistant when Gillespie starred at Fir Park and reckons the keeper's laid-back approach will serve him well if he's given the nod for his ...

When he got the chance to go and sign for them it was boyhood dream stuff. So it’s not new to him coming in from the cold and even though this is a different stage if he gets the nod on Sunday I’m confident Mark would give a good account of himself. “He was actually studying for a degree with the Open University in his spare time. I know a few lads from the north east and be it Newcastle or Sunderland, if you support either then it’s really ingrained in you. It’s left Howe in a sweat over his number one and Lasley jokes the St James’ boss will probably need to play both keepers to stop the red hot Red Devils. A red card for first choice Nick Pope at the weekend has thrust the two squad men to the forefront with back-up Martin Dubravka cup-tied and third choice Karl Darlow recently sent out on loan to Hull.

One Newcastle United player is “touch and go” for the Carabao Cup final, according to Eddie Howe.

I was really pleased with what he did, so I’d say yeah, he’ll be available for selection. We thought it was wise to leave him out of the game, and really pleased with his fitness. One Newcastle United player is “touch and go” for the Carabao Cup final, according to Eddie Howe.

Premier League transfer news - Arsenal and Newcastle United like Victor Osimhen of Napoli and he scored Champions League goal vs Frankfurt.

[Benitez](/en-gb/2023/02/21/pundit-explains-why-west-ham-swapping-moyes-for-rafa-benitez-may-make-sense/), a Champions League winner with Liverpool back in 2005. Saudi-backed Newcastle United are big fans of the rangy Nigeria international too; [Corriere dello Sport](https://www.corrieredellosport.it/) reporting that The Magpies made a staggering £84 million offer during the January transfer window. [ Victor Osimhen](/en-gb/topic/victor-osimhen/) amid reported interest from Arsenal and Newcastle United in Serie A’s top scorer, speaking to [Sky Italia.

Willock missed Saturday's Premier League defeat to Liverpool with a hamstring problem and although the injury is improving, it's too early for Howe to know ...

The team functioned really well with 10 men against a world class team, so I was really pleased with a lot on Saturday. "Maxi (Allan Saint-Maximin) and Alex (Alexander Isak) played really well together (vs Liverpool). I'd say he'll be available for selection." Whenever you have a game like this that decision will be difficult because you'll be disappointing some players that you love, so that's always difficult. Howe also looks set to be able to welcome Matt Targett back into the squad. Howe said: "He's OK, he's good.

Newcastle United will face Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final and ChronicleLive caught up with those who played in the club's last final as the ...

"I just wished we could have won a cup for Newcastle over all the other trophies in the other teams that I played for because I know how important it is for the fans, for the club and for the city. You sense that the fans and the city are craving silverware." Players and staff are already aware of that long wait but rather than being burdened by it, they have embraced the chance to become heroes as Dabizas alluded to. It's Alan Shearer, it's Les Ferdinand, it's David Ginola, it's Rob Lee, it's Gary Speed, it's Shay Given - and I was lucky enough to play in that era with them. There is a different mindset now and Howe will be driving home how his side can impose themselves on Manchester United rather than worrying unduly about what the Red Devils could do to them. If anything, the gap between the sides has narrowed in the last 12 months. "I played in other clubs and we won a cup, but the people were feeling disappointed because we didn't win the championship," he told ChronicleLive. It was a far cry from reaching back-to-back FA Cup finals at the end of the previous century. In truth, Griffin never imagined that it would take this long for Newcastle to even get to another final. Some of the players involved that day found the prospect of a trophyless open top bus parade understandably 'embarrassing' and feared no one would even turn up. In that time, Newcastle have suffered some humiliating cup defeats against Oxford United, Stevenage, Peterborough and even Brentford's second string. "It was incredible," he told ChronicleLive.

"We think Joelinton's OK from the weekend,” said United's head coach. “I say 'we think', because there's still a long time to go before the game.” ...

They’re match-ready.” They’re part of a goalkeeping unit that is committed to that work every day, since pre-season started, so they’ve done lots of different things within training this season that people wouldn’t have seen. [Newcastle United](/topic/newcastle-united) midfielder [was withdrawn in last weekend’s 2-0 home defeat to Liverpool](https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/eddie-howe-issues-newcastle-united-injury-update-on-joelinton-ahead-of-carabao-cup-final-4033437) after getting treatment for an unspecified injury, and Howe was asked for an update at the club’s media day yesterday.

Eddie Howe was without the former Arsenal midfielder for the 2-0 defeat to Liverpool last weekend after he picked up a hamstring injury at Bournemouth seven ...

Asked about Targett last week, Howe added: “We’ve definitely missed Matt. He’s improved, (it will) probably be a late decision on him.” Advertisement