Jurgen Klopp has predicted that Newcastle United will break into the top six if Eddie Howe is given time because the Magpies have 'everything' they need to do so.
You have to go back to 2012 for the last time Newcastle qualified for Europe for the one and only occasion in the Ashley era, but it was not so long ago that the black-and-whites were regularly mixing it with Liverpool et al at the top end of the Premier League. In fact, between 1994 and 2006, Newcastle finished in the top six on eight occasions.
Newcastle narrowly missed out on a place in the top 10 last season following a remarkable turnaround in the second half of the campaign and the club's new owners ultimately want to upset the established order in the coming years. Wednesday night's trip to Anfield to face Liverpool will be the latest acid test, but Klopp is sure Newcastle will get there one day.
