Everything I do I do for European football

His players have certainly been loving their football, especially since lifting the Carabao Cup in March.

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But there has been no sense of Newcastle relaxing since then, having set the target of mixing with the Champions League elite next term. Howe added: “We feel an expectation, certainly internally, to try to deliver Champions League football.

“That's an expectation we placed upon ourselves.

“Winning the cup final gave us a freedom and new-found confidence. Off the back of achieving that, it gave us a bounce in the next few games.