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The managerial charge of Rafael Benitez in Newcastle United initiated on March 11 of 2016 but so far it has been a fairly disappointing time for the Spanish manager as the amount of points that has been dropped is huge and Newcastle United are still at risk of being relegated unless they can claim a triumph over Tottenham Hotspur in their last match of the season and Sunderland will also have to lose their last matches in order for Newcastle United to have any chance of surviving in the Premier League for another season.

It still remains uncertain if Rafael Benitez will stay in charge of Newcastle United for another season if they are relegated.

Rafael Benitez and his squad dropped points after playing against: Leicester City, Sunderland, Norwich City, Southampton, Manchester City and Aston Villa. These are all of the teams that Newcastle United has faced off with and either lost or had to settle with a draw.

The Spanish manager believes that it’s because of bad luck that his team has dropped so many points and hasn’t been able to jump out of the bottom relegation zone.

“You don’t always finish where you deserve to be. Sometimes, you are unlucky, and I think that has been the case with us during my time here.We have been unlucky. We had a clear chance against City in the last five minutes and conceded a goal in the last minute against Norwich, so things could have been different. But we cannot change things now. The only thing we can do is make sure that if we have an opportunity against Tottenham, we are ready to take it.” Newcastle United’s Rafael Benitez said.

In order for Newcastle United to have any chance for survival in this season of the Premier League, a victory against Tottenham Hotspur is needed and considering all of the recent disappointing results that Rafael Benitez has secured, it seems like relegation is imminent but in the world of football anything can happen.

Edmar Halowski de Lacerda, a soccer player who was born in Brazil, but, had made taken the citizenship of Ukraine to get the opportunity to play international football, has got into trouble now as the Ukrainian government has asked him to join the military camps.

De Lacerda has spent all his life playing soccer only and he has no idea how he would be able to battle with machine gun in his hands at the border if he does get sent there.

However, according to the player, the officials of the club which he is playing for have given him a bit of a relief by saying that they would try their best to get this problem sorted for him. If you check out this sports betting site, you can see that the odds of Lacerda being called up are very low.

De Lacerda who is 34 years of age at the moment talked to the reporters yesterday about this bizarre situation in which he is finding himself into.

He was quoted as saying, “I’d definitely not thought for something like this to happen to me here, otherwise, I would not have opted for the passport. My club is obviously looking to help me, but, it’s terrible time for my close ones especially for my better half. She is extremely fearful of the situation.”

“I am a sportsperson you know. For me, battlefield is a completely unfamiliar territory. I wonder if I would be able to do anything there at all if I do get sent eventually.”

De Lacerda has been playing for Metalist Charkow for the last 6 years. He joined them in 2007 and has so far played 179 matches for them scoring 20 goals. The veteran player has even represented Ukraine national team in a few matches, 11 to be precise. He has just one international goal under his belt.

Former Newcastle United owner Freddy Shepherd has revealed that current manager Alan Pardew will not have survived under his regime after such a poor run of results.

Pardew was given an eight-year contract by owner Mike Ashley in what is seen as a strange decision by the club. This has meant that they have been unable to sack him even when the manager was found guilty of head-butting an opposition player during a recent match with Hull city. This led to Pardew being banned from the stadium for three matches and a further touchline ban for several matches.

Despite these problems, Pardew remains the manager at St James’s Park and it is widely believed to be because of the lengthy contract. It would take a lot of money to sack him from the job and it seems that Ashley is not prepared to sanction this amount. Freddy Shepherd, whose controversial regime at the club was ended by Ashley, says that he would not have been as lenient with Pardew’s ill-discipline. The former West Ham manager has been guilty of several such behaviours in the past.

He says that he has been recommended for anger management therapy after this latest incident. Despite the troubles of the pitch, Newcastle are ninth in the table.

“I think the board at the time, not particularly me, with Sir John would have had him on his bike. Who knows the emotion he was going through? I like the guy. I’ve met him and in normal circumstances you’d certainly have a pint with the guy, he’s fine. I think he just lost it that day. Would he have survived if he was at Man U or Chelsea or Liverpool as boss? I doubt it,” said Shepherd.

Newcastle suffered a 4-0 hammering against Manchester United, who are going through problems of their own, last weekend.

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has received the highest punishment given to a Premier league manager in the history. He has been fined £ 60,000 and given a seven match ban following his head-butt of Hull City midfielder David Meyler.

This is one of the several problems Pardew has run into players and other managers over the last few years. The manager has also been given a separate £ 100,000 fine by his club. The 52-year-old will now miss most of this season, and he has revealed that he is likely to seek help by attending anger management courses.

The FA has stated that Pardew will begin his second match suspension with immediate effect. Out of the seven matches, three will be from the entire stadium. The remaining four will be bans from the touchline only. After struggles with relegation during the middle of the campaign, the form of the club substantially improved in the last few weeks. The FA have also warned the 52-year-old about his future misconduct. The manager has apologised for the incident and stated that he would be prepared to accept any punishment given by the FA.

There was also a possibility of the manager losing his job after internal investigation by the club, but it now seems that he will remain as the Newcastle manager for the time being.

“Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew will serve a seven-match suspension with immediate effect, subject to any appeal, after he admitted an FA misconduct charge. An independent regulatory commission today ruled the first three matches imposed are a stadium ban with the remaining four a touchline ban,” said a FA statement.

“As I have made clear, I deeply regret the incident and again wholeheartedly apologise to all parties for my conduct, which I understand was not acceptable,” said Pardew on the club’s official site.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has apologised to the Hull City player David Meyler for his involvement in a clash that saw the manager sent to the stands for bad behaviour. Newcastle were the recent visitors to the KC stadium in the Premier league match.

They managed a 4-1 win over the relegation threatened opposition to finally take some pressure off the club. Newcastle had managed three successive defeats before finally breaking the run with a 1-0 win over Aston Villa last weekend. They had to build on this win in order to sustain their position in the top half of the table.

In a heated battle between the two clubs, Pardew lost his cool and he was involved in a touchline clash with Meyler, who arrived there to pick up the ball that had just gone out of play. After head-butting Meyler, Pardew received his marching orders and was sent to the stands. After the match, the manager, who has previously been involved in touchline clashes with managers and players alike, said that his actions were not good and that he was extremely regretful of the incident. The club have already fined him £ 100,000, while he is set to face more action from the FA as well.

A lot of reaction has come towards this incident from pundits, managers, and fans alike.

“It was just a heat of the moment thing. Obviously I massively regret it. I think I am going to have to sit down from now on because that’s about two or three incidents I have been involved in on the line. I didn’t mean to do anything aggressive, but I did move my head forward and that’s enough. It was just because of the situation, if I was on the other side of the line, that wouldn’t have happened, perhaps it will teach me to sit down,” said Pardew.

Alan Pardew already spoke to the media about his January plans as the coach of Newcastle United said that it will be a fairly quiet month involving transfers but even with his statements, there still are a number of players that have been linked with Newcastle United.

Werder Bremen’s Aaron Hunt has a contract with the German club that expires in the summer and the player himself is not certain on what he will do after ends. Newcastle is hoping to reach a pre-contract agreement with Hunt which means that he might make his move to the Premier League club on a free transfer only if Alan Pardew can reach an agreement with the club and the player.

Stoke City and Southampton are possible destinations of Aaron Hunt if he decides to make his way out of Werder Bremen. The 27 years old player did make a hint stating that if he does indeed decide to leave his current club, he would like to join a different league and country.

“So far there have been no calls, not even with other clubs,” he said. “The end of January, beginning of February, it will be more specific. If Werder are pushing for a quick decision, I would be set quickly’’.

“It is then decided in February or March if I renew with the club or leave. That someone is at a club for so long hardly happens. I am glad that they Bremen appreciate me so’’.

“I do not say that by no means will I leave the Bundesliga. But when it comes to change, I would appeal to more foreign countries’’. Aaron Hunt stated when asked about his near future.

Newcastle United are also keeping a close eye on Gueida Fofana and Cedric Bakambu but it still remains unclear whether Alan Pardew will try and make a move for them in the January transfer window wait until the summer.

Newcastle United has heightened their interest in Wilfried Zaha, the Manchester United winger, by opening dialogues to bring him in on loan, stated a leading United Kingdom based tabloid. Recent reports suggest that Wilfried’s representatives have already met the Newcastle United officials to talk about the possibility of a 6 month contract.

While manager David Moyes is believed to be very keen on the suggestion of Wilfried getting 1st team football in English Premier League, the twenty year old has eliminated a come back to Crystal Palace, his former club.

Wilfried was signed by in January by former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and that was Sir Alex’s last signing before stepping down from as Man Utd manager. Ironically, Wilfried has only featured in Man Utd’s League Cup victory against Norwich this year while playing under David Moyes.

In the mean time, French contingent of Newcastle United could last night begin dreaming of Brazil as they qualified for the World Cup next summer. Mathieu Debuchy and Yohan Cabaye were both magnificent as France defeated Ukraine 3 – 0 in a home match in Paris to make it to the World Cup finals 3 – 2 on aggregate.

With this, France has become the very first team to overcome a 2 goal shortfall in the history of World Cup play-off in an important game full of excitement and tension. Mathieu Debuchy and Yohan Cabaye are certainties to make it to the final squad. It is believed that Moussa Sissoko and Loic Remy would also be on the team.