Newcastle United

Eddie Howe has reacted to Newcastle United's success, after the club reached 40 points with their win over Crystal Palace.

Even a few weeks back there were question marks about whether they would stay up or not. I say it every week but his is a great place to play football. What a job Howe has done since arriving at Newcastle United! This is a side for whom relegation was looking like an inevitability not too long ago.

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Outlet Tutto Mercato reports that Everton and Newcastle have lodged enquiries for the striker. Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund have all been linked with the 22-year-old - who has 14 months left on his current deal. The 28-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season and would provide experienced cover to Eddie Howe’s side.

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You just have to react and deal with it. They’ve been very successful this year and ended up playing a lot of games, so I understand it from their viewpoint. When quizzed on the matter most recently, Magpies boss Eddie Howe began by stating: “It’s a very difficult situation.

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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The match ends, and Newcastle hold on for the victory! What a performance from the Brazilian, who has set St. James' Park alight since his January arrival.

Liverpool had hoped to get their kick off time against Newcastle United put back, but the request has been thrown out by the Premier League.

"The league and the broadcaster really have to try at least to help. You just have to react and deal with it. I can understand that people want to see a football match between Liverpool and Newcastle but I don’t see why any team should have an advantage or a disadvantage.

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But to do that, I have to continue working hard as I have been doing, and I hope to achieve all my dreams." It feels like he knows that is an attainable goal now, even if he is slightly teetering around what is clearly an aim in his mind, but to even be talking about the prospect of a call-up feels like a decent barometer of change. If I continue doing that, it could happen, I could catch the attention of the national team." "Ever since he arrived here at Newcastle he's helped me a lot, shown great faith in me – a lot of support day-to-day, and that's been really important for me. I want to continue this great relationship with the Newcastle fans." "It would be the result and fruit of my hard work if it were to happen. "If I were to continue playing consistently this is something that could happen. "I would be really happy if it were to happen," he says. I hope to continue to develop and evolve. There is a degree of credit due to Joelinton for trying something different, for using a new process, and it seems to have contributed to his rise. After being introduced by one of his agents, he now works with São Paulo-based analyst Diego Viera. "It was something new for me, and it was just at the right time for me here if you think about the context," he explains in Portuguese, through an interpreter. "I look to play aggressively," he says of the tenacity that now sees his challenges, interceptions, even fouls saluted from the terraces.