Newcastle's Carver: I'm the best coach in the Premier League

John Carver has insisted he is the best coach in the Barclays Premier League despite leading the club to eight successive defeats and into the thick of a relegation fight.

The 50-year-old, who held talks with managing director Lee Charnley on Sunday after a disastrous 3-0 defeat at Leicester, has just three games to drag the club back from the brink, starting with Saturday’s showdown with West Brom at St James’ Park.