Newcastle United's new head coach, Matthias Jaissle, has indicated that he will not have the final say on transfers after taking over as boss. In a confident and friendly opening exchange with assembled journalists in La Manga, he explained that any conversations on transfers will take place with sporting director Ross Wilson and the club's CEO David Hopkinson.
Change from Previous Setup
It represents a slight change to the previous set-up with Eddie Howe wanting a 'strong say' on transfers and certainly last summer, before the arrival of Wilson and Hopkinson, having the only say in deals. Also on recruitment, Jaissle has insisted that while some players WILL get a chance to win him over, others will be gone before the new season kicks off. And after six days at the La Manga camp it feels like it will be a case of stars playing for their places.
When asked if he will have the final say on transfers, Jaissle told Chronicle Live: "It is always about unity and having this conversation and being transparent in the way we think. Then it is a collective decision what we are going to do."
"That is important, that we show that as a club, that unity is one of the key values from the Newcastle code. And this is something that we want to live."
Five Signings Already
Newcastle have made five signings already this summer with Bazoumana Toure, Aladji Bamba, Ewen Jaouen, Lukas Hornicek and Sean Steur already through the door. But the new boss insisted that there will be more to follow.
Jaissle, speaking to reporters in La Manga, said: "This is now a transitional phase, but I am really excited now to finally be - officially - here in the camp."
"I am already looking forward to being back home in Newcastle and to starting that journey."
Departures and Challenges
Newcastle are still reeling after losing Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon, with the new manager explaining that those departures will take some getting used to internally. The German head coach said: "That is a tough question after just one day of being the manager."
"I think what I said before, it is a transition phase. We lost a couple of really important players and that has changed."
"You can see in a negative way, there are a lot of challenges, and we can search for excuses, but that is not our idea. We see the chances in these things, and it gives me a bit of time to really get to know the players."
"We want to work with them and get to know them."
"We have a clear vision where we want to go and we want to be successful, everybody does, but it is about hard work now in pre-season and making progress."
Ambition and Vision
When asked on the level of his ambition, Jaissle said: "I always have big ambitions otherwise I wouldn't be here. It's easy to say where we want to end up, but for me that doesn't make much sense. It's difficult to plan things in advance."
