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Howe's transformed Toon will play with ferocious intensity

Evening Standard

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November 03, 2023

ARSENAL know exactly what they will be up against at Newcastle tomorrow from bitter experience.

- Miles Starforth

Howe's transformed Toon will play with ferocious intensity

Mikel Arteta's side visit a club where the project is well ahead of schedule following a takeover two years ago by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund amid a relegation battle.

The concern on Tyneside early this season was whether the squad would be strong enough to challenge on several fronts. Yet Eddie Howe's team, who beat Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 at in the Champions League last month, are sixth in the Premier League and in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.

Injuries were always going to be an issue given the demands of European football, and Howe was without six key players, among them Alexander Isak, Harvey Barnes and Sven Botman, for the midweek tie at cup-holders Manchester United.

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