Newcastle United are still searching for a new Sporting Director.
Dan Ashworth has been placed on gardening leave as his touted move to Manchester United remains very complicated, while the previous frontrunner for this job, Dougie Freedman, now looks set to stay at Crystal Palace.
Speaking on The Fully Loaded Transfer Show, Ben Jacobs has been discussing Newcastle’s search for a new Sporting Director, and he says that he’s heard about an unnamed mystery candidate who is currently working for a big European club.
Newcastle want mystery Sporting Director
Jacobs shared what he knows about Newcastle’s hunt for a Dan Ashworth replacement.
“There are two other candidates in this process still. One is Hugo Viana and the other I’m just going to refer to as a mystery candidate in one of Europe’s top five leagues. I’m sworn to secrecy on that one,’ Jacobs said.
“I don’t think you’d be able to guess it even if I gave you another clue, I don’t think you would be able to clock the name even though the name is working at a very big club,” Jacobs said.
Newcastle’s mystery candidate
It’s very interesting to hear that Newcastle have a mystery name in their sights, and, by the sounds of it, it’s not a well-known name.
As Jacobs says, it might not even be worth guessing at who this could be as it appears to be someone who is quite obscure, but the fact that they’re working for a big club does sound promising.
The idea that Jacobs has been sworn to secrecy on this story would suggest that there is something concrete behind this rumour, and perhaps we could see some movement on this front in the coming days or weeks.
There certainly seems to be something brewing here with this so-called mystery candidate.