Newcastle United selling the likes of Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali this summer has helped Matthias Jaissle get off to an excellent start as the club's new boss, according to Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp.
Jaissle succeeded Eddie Howe as the Magpies' new head coach just under four weeks ago and despite such a short turnaround has guided United to an unbeaten start to the season.
Unbeaten start under Jaissle
Newcastle drew 2-2 with Liverpool, conceding a stoppage time equaliser, before beating West Brom 3-2 in the Carabao Cup second round and Tottenham 2-0 in Jaissle's first competitive match in charge away from home.
It means the former RB Salzburg and Al-Ahli head coach has made an unbeaten start to a season where a lot of experts thought Newcastle would struggle because of the amount of upheaval this summer.
Summer upheaval and new arrivals
As well as Jaissle succeeding Howe, key players like Guimaraes, Tonali, Anthony Gordon and Kieran Trippier left the club, while seven new players - all aged 24 or under - have arrived in the transfer market.
Lukas Hornicek, Amar Dedic and Nico Gonzalez all started in Saturday's win over Spurs, while Sean Steur has made an excellent start to life on Tyneside, Bazoumana Toure scored on his debut against West Brom, and Ewen Jaouen and Aladji Bamba have also featured, too.
But it is the players who remained at the club who have made the biggest impact with Yoane Wissa and Anthony Elanga, in particular, making flying starts to the campaign.
Redknapp's verdict on departures
There was a belief internally that Newcastle were better off selling the likes of Guimaraes and Tonali if they did not want to be there and that is something former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder, Redknapp, believes has helped Jaissle make an instant impact.
"I think what has helped him, and people will be saying how can it help him when he has lost two good players, is getting the likes of Guimaraes out and Tonali out when they did," Redknapp told Sky Sports.
"Because I think if they had stayed at the club, in and around the dressing room, every single press conference, every single talk, every single thing in the dressing room, would have been circling around those two players.
"The fact that they have got them out, the fact they have kept Lewis Hall is a really big thing as well - he will stay, he is not going anywhere and there is no chance he leaves - I think has really helped him.
"Because he can get his arms around the players he wants, that are here, and they want to do something. I think the fact they are playing so well is a lot to do with that because sometimes it is not about who you get out but who you keep in and you want players that are going to play for you."
