Move may offer Howe more power in player recruitmentClub likely to spend heavily in summer transfer window In a surprise move that seems set to offer Newcastle’s manager, Eddie Howe, an increased say in player recruitment, the club’s sporting director, Paul Mitchell, will leave St James’ Park at the end of June.Mitchell, who joined Newcastle last July, is departing by mutual consent without presiding over the acquisition of a single major first team signing. To say the 43-year-old and Howe initially failed to hit if off would be an understatement but, after the manager threatened to leave Tyneside last July if the newcomer challenged his autonomy too dramatically, the relationship gradually improved. Continue reading...