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Lee Ryder

How early can Newcastle United qualify for Champions League - and Magpies' past top four record

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe insists that the Magpies still can't consider themselves as Champions League material this season just yet.

United look set for their highest-ever finish since 2012 when Alan Pardew guided the club to fifth spot in the Premier League. The lowest position Newcastle can finish is seventh place which would still have been regarded as a massive success when the campaign kicked off.

But Howe insists nothing is "done" yet and that his team must keep on fighting for as many points as possible from the last remaining 15 available to them. Howe said: "Nothing is done and I didn’t expect it to be done. We’re competing against elite teams who will fight to the end and we have to do the same."

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