Eddie Howe insists pressure is the bailiffs knocking at the door and worrying about how to pay the mortgage — not the intriguing race for a Champions League place.
The Newcastle boss is happy to be ‘hunted’ by Liverpool with the battle for a top-four finish set for a thrilling climax in the final fortnight of the Premier League campaign.
And the 45-year-old is convinced his tough introduction to management when he was thrown in at the deep end at cash-strapped Bournemouth 15 years ago gave him the perfect lesson in how to keep things in perspective and deal with pressure at the other end of the football food chain.