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title: "Newcastle to tempt Koeman to their management team"
canonical: "https://readsouthampton.com/2015/03/04/newcastle-to-tempt-to-bring-koeman-to-their-management-team/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Holly Hunt"
section: "News"
published: "2015-03-04T18:45:07Z"
modified: "2015-03-04T18:45:07Z"
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# Newcastle to tempt Koeman to their management team

Premier League rivals look set once more to swoop for Saints’ latest impressive managerial asset, but this time eyed up by a club of a lesser reputation than Spurs.

An optimistic eyeing-up of **Koeman** has come about all too quickly following **Newcastle’s** Chiefs uncertainty on **Remi Garde** despite being welcomed by the visitors to join them on their travels to the Etihad (not that a resounding 5-0 drubbing by City didn’t put their first choice off also).

**Neil Moxley** reports rumours that Koeman along with promotion pushing Derby County boss – **Steve McClaren** – have been envisioned by those up north in the hot spot. Both, should they desire the opportunity to take charge of the 11th placed side, will face competition from caretaker **John Carver** who hopes to extend his stay further than the end of the 2014/15 campaign.

The Toon’s faithful are likely to stand in the way of the easy way out unless a sudden incline in form occurs under Pardew’s assistant and would take much more to breaking the bank in Koeman’s £2m release fee. After all, if he can have a side favoured for relegation in pre-season pushing for Europe then the results at Newcastle would be unthinkable. The utilisation of his contacts across seas would be invaluable to his new interest and certainly compatible with **Graham Carr**.