Eddie Howe’s nephew Andy leaves Newcastle United job

Andy Howe has left his role as senior footall executive at Newcastle United, The i Paper can reveal. Howe, the nephew of Newcastle’s former boss Eddie, has left the club to pursue new challenges two months after Matthias Jaissle took over as head coach. The i Paper understands the departure is amicable and he leaves with the best wishes of the club, where he worked for five years as part of the scouting department before being part of total overhaul of the club’s recruitment operations. Howe took a major role in Newcastle’s summer business in 2025, effectively leading from the front as the club hurtled into a difficult window in which Alexander Isak forced his exit to Liverpool. Andy Howe was head of technical scouting (Photo: Getty) Newcastle ended up selling Isak on the final day of the transfer window and finishing 12th the following season but Howe was also critical in bringing in a number of the club’s big signings. He is credited with a major role in recruiting Sandro Tonali and he also played a big role in bringing current stand-in skipper Malick Thiaw to the club. He was highly-rated internally and played a key part in preparing for this summer overhaul alongside sporting director Ross Wilson. But he has decided to leave to find new challenges away for Newcastle, where he has worked for five years. Read more Newcastle: ‘Not normal’: How Sean Steur emerged as the Newcastle 2.0 poster boy Mark Douglas: Inside Matthias Jaissle’s new era and the night he fell in love with Newcastle EXPLORE MORE ON THE TOPICS IN THIS STORY