Newcastle United have started their search for a new coach analyst to replace the departing Mark Leyland.
Leyland is leaving the club for the City Football Group to manage the methodology across Man City's global conglomerate. Leyland only joined Newcastle from Liverpool 16 months ago, but ChronicleLive previously revealed that family reasons have played their part in his decision to return to the North West.
It is a blow for Eddie Howe, who has a longstanding working relationship with Leyland, going back to their time at Burnley. It said it all about that previous that Leyland was even prepared to leave Liverpool, his boyhood club, to link up with Howe once again following eight-and-a-half years at Anfield.
