• October 2021 - A Saudi Arabian-backed £305m takeover of Newcastle is completed
• November 2021 - Newcastle appoint Howe with the club sitting 19th in the table, five points from safety
• January 2022 - Howe secures key signings of Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimaraes, and Dan Burn, which would later help the club secure a trophy
• May 2022 - Howe steers the Magpies to an 11th-place finish in the Premier League
• August 2022 - The Magpies spend £120m in the summer window, acquiring Nick Pope and Alexander Isak as part of the four summer signings

All change in the Premier League for the new season.

New managers for Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Fulham, Ipswich and now Newcastle.

Nine of the 20 teams!

This will be the most for a season in the competition.

Eddie Howe's time at Newcastle included leading them to their first cup final in 23 years in 2023, leading the Magpies to their first win over Sunderland since 2011 in the FA Cup Tyne-Wear derby in 2024 and ending their 56-year wait for a trophy in 2025.

But Newcastle finished last season in 12th place. The side dropped 25 points from winning positions - the highest in the league and conceded 38% of goals after the 75th minute.

Injuries riddled the side, with only Malick Thiaw, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon starting more than 22 league games.

In the FA Cup, Newcastle reached the fifth round. In the Carabao Cup, they were beaten by eventual winners Man City in the semi-finals.

Newcastle progressed to the last-16 of the Champions League but were knocked out by Barcelona in a heavy 8-3 aggregate loss.

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Those first couple of games are tough, aren't they?

How many points are Newcastle picking up in their opening six Premier League fixtures, then?

Newcastle's first six Premier League games...

• Liverpool (H)
• Tottenham (A)
• Bournemouth (H)
• Leeds (A)
• Hull (H)
• Coventry (A)

Sami Mokbel
Senior football correspondent speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live

In an era of financial regulations, just because you have wealthy owners doesn't mean you can spend big in the transfer window. You have to abide by those rules and that is where Newcastle have come unstuck this summer.

They were perilously close to not complying with those rules and that was key in the decisions to sell Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon.

With that, if Bruno Guimaraes was to leave as well, it would probably have been a step too far for Howe who also has his reputation to defend here.

He may look at the current squad and the recruitment of young, unproven players and think they may struggle this season. There was, in my mind, rightly, a concern from his perspective that maybe it is the right time to walk away.

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Newcastle continued their pre-season preparations with a 4-1 defeat at Championship side Bristol City on Wednesday night.

"I thought it was a really good test for us," Newcastle boss Eddie Howe said after his side lost 4-1 in a pre-season friendly against Bristol City.

"The scoreline is a difficult one for us to take, I don't think we deserved that at all today.

"Anyone who watched the game would have seen that we were very competitive. The goals we conceded were strange ones. They had six shots and scored four goals.

"The majority of the game we had control of with the ball. We probably didn't do enough with it in terms of creativity, although we certainly should have scored more than the one we got."

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In April, ESPN's Mark Ogden speculated on BBC Radio 5 Live that fans' frustration over upheaval at St James' Park might lead to Eddie Howe's departure:

"It does feel like Howe may be on his way out in the summer.

"He's the sane and calm voice in that club that they need, but the mood has changed among the fans and they have become frustrated.

"I don't think Howe is getting the benefit of the doubt for what happened last summer. The Alexander Isak situation was beyond his control and they lost their sporting director. They have had all types of upheaval.

"Howe is a manager who likes to be in control and although he's not totally in control of recruitment, they brought players in late and that weren't suited to the club. They've also had injuries.

"I think he's a really good manager but I do fear for Eddie Howe."

As you might've seen, we've got a vote at the top of this page.

Go and cast your vote on whether it's the right time for Eddie Howe to leave Newcastle, please.

Born in Germany, former Hoffenheim centre back Matthias Jaissle's coaching career started at Danish Superliga side Brondby, where he became assistant manager in 2017.

In 2021, he took his first head coach role at Austrian side Liefering. Under Jaissle, Liefering matched their all-time best finish of second in the second Austrian tier.

In his first season in his next role as manager at RB Salzburg, Jaissle achieved a domestic double and led them to the knockout phase of the Champions League for the first time in their history. He won the Austrian Bundesliga a second time before he was let go in the summer of 2023.

Jaissle has since managed at Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli, where he became the first manager to win back-to-back Asian Champions League titles.

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But who will replace Eddie Howe as Newcastle boss?

Well, Al-Ahli manager Matthias Jaissle is expected to take over as the new Magpies manager.

Thoughts on this?

Here are the final figures on Eddie Howe's record as he signs off as Newcastle manager:

Interesting to see which way Newcastle turn now with less than a month until the new season.

Who do you all think should be in the hot seat when Liverpool make the trip to the North East?