Newcastle United sporting director Paul Mitchell has the full backing of the club’s Saudi-backers PIF despite increased talk of political unrest at St James’ Park.
Mitchell, CEO Darren Eales, performance director James Bunce, and commercial chief Peter Silverstone have been tasked with closing the gap between the Premier League’s top five clubs and fixing long-term issues that PIF invested in 2021. The club dismissed a Sunday report picked up by aggregators that suggested Mitchell would leave the club before Eddie Howe if the power struggle continued behind the scenes.