Eddie Howe hopes his England contingent will tell their international team-mates 'good things' about Newcastle United at the World Cup - but the Magpies boss quipped he won't be briefing them.
Newcastle will have three English players at a World Cup for the first time since 1998 after Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier and Callum Wilson were all called up by Gareth Southgate. To put that number into perspective, only Man City will have more players on the plane when the Three Lions jet out to Qatar next week.
That will give Newcastle a real presence in the group just months after Pope asked Trippier questions about the club, the city, the dressing room and Howe before joining the Magpies from Burnley last summer. Although Pope was already keen, the goalkeeper admitted Trippier's answers 'really sold' the move to him.
