Newcastle boss Eddie Howe vows to take siege mentality into Champions League

Newcastle will bring down the curtain on a season which has delivered far more than they might have expected back in August at Chelsea on Sunday

Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe will adopt a siege mentality as he prepares for the Champions League (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Eddie Howe has vowed to adopt a siege mentality once again as Newcastle prepare for a first Champions League campaign in 20 years.

The Magpies have dragged themselves from the thick of a Premier League relegation fight when the club’s new owners took control in October 2021 to Europe’s top table in the space of a remarkable 19 months.