Newcastle news: Rob Lee on Eddie Howe

Former Newcastle midfielder Rob Lee says Eddie Howe is a “legend” in the city, like all the players in their trophy-winning side.

Lee told BBC Radio 5 Live after Sunday’s Carabao Cup win: “Howe has been magnificent. There are not many English managers around at the moment that have won trophies and lots of people have tried.

“In a short space of time he has saved us from relegation, took us to the Champions League, got us to a final two years ago and then got us to a final again and now he has won a trophy. He’ll be an absolute legend in Newcastle as all the players will be now.”

On the England manager’s job Lee added: “As much as I would have hated him to have left Newcastle, if you’re thinking of an English manager to manage England there is nobody else but Eddie.”