Newcastle United's Champions League mission is in their own hands when it comes to the number crunching - keep winning and that coveted place in the top four will be theirs.
The crisis that is looming over Tottenham Hotspur has been nothing but a benefit to Newcastle in recent weeks as the London club failed to take full advantage of Newcastle's own sticky patch in the top-flight. And while Spurs may be sitting in fourth place they dropped two massive points at Southampton last weekend to reduce the gap to just two points.
After the capitulation at St Mary's came the meltdown from Antonio Conte who essentially invited Daniel Levy to sack him if he felt he could find a better manager. In the week that has followed Conte still remains in charge but the unexpected availability of Julian Nagelsmann has changed things in the last couple of days.
