Eddie Howe has said he would quit if he was not the right man for Newcastle

Eddie Howe has said he would offer Newcastle his resignation if he believed he was no longer the right man to lead the presently struggling club.

Howe’s team visit Tottenham on Tuesday night aiming to end the run of three straight Premier League defeats that has prompted their slide to 12th place.

“There’s no doubt in my mind [that I’m the right man] said Howe, whose players have sometimes failed to cope with a relentless fixture list prompted, partly, by their ongoing involvement in the Champions League.

“If there was [doubt] I wouldn’t be because the club’s the most important thing. I’d never put myself before the club. “If I didn’t think I was the correct man to take the team forward and could give the players what they need, then I would step aside and let someone else do it. The momentum is against us at the moment. We have to swing it back – the world can look a very different place within a couple of games.”

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