Newcastle United were still sat in the relegation zone when Eddie Howe and his staff held some serious but relatively relaxed meetings with Yasir Al-Rumayyan in the plush and air-conditioned business rooms of a PIF complex in Jeddah back in January.
United had boarded a flight to the Middle East in January straight after a hard-earned but vital 1-0 win at Leeds with Howe summing up the stance within the club on his way out of Elland Road, saying: "We have belief that we're not dead and buried and there's more to come."
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