Kieran Trippier has revealed that Newcastle United's owners plan to 'build' a side capable of one day winning the club's first ever Premier League title if the Magpies manage to stay up this season.
Newcastle were already in a relegation dogfight when the takeover was completed last October after the black-and-whites failed to win a game up to that point. However, one of the consortium's first major decisions, to appoint Eddie Howe as head coach, has since paid off alongside some shrewd recruitment in the mid-season window.
The hierarchy's aim this season was to simply stay up and, while there is work to do yet, Howe's side are on course to do just that after moving seven points clear of the relegation zone following a 2-1 win against Brighton last week. To put that turnaround into perspective, Newcastle were 11 points off their current position in 14th place as recently as mid-January.
