Newcastle confirm Eddie Howe’s return to work after being hospitalised with pneumonia

Newcastle have confirmed that Eddie Howe has returned to work after being hospitalised with pneumonia.

Two weeks ago, news broke that Howe was set to miss the Magpies’ clash with Man United on Saturday evening, with Mail Sport reporting that the manager had been rushed to hospital after falling ill. 

Howe subsequently missed the 4-1 thrashing Newcastle delivered to Man United at St James’ Park, which saw assistant manager Tindall oversee preparations.

He also missed out on Newcastle’s matches against Crystal Palace, which was a 5-0 win, and their trip to Aston Villa, which resulted in a 4-1 defeat. 

Taking to X on Thursday morning, the club wrote: ‘Newcastle United are delighted to confirm that Eddie Howe has returned to his duties at the club’s Training Centre. 

‘Eddie had recently been hospitalised with pneumonia and has now returned to work after a period of recovery. 

Jason Tindall (right) who is Howe’s No 2 took charge and oversaw their recent matches

‘We thank supporters for their warm wishes’.

On April 12th, it was confirmed Howe had been taken to hospital with an unspecified illness. Newcastle said the head coach was ‘conscious and talking with his family’.

Prior to their win over Palace, assistant manager Tindall delivered a health update over the Magpies manager. 

‘There’s no update, he’s in the best possible hands and he’s resting which is the most important thing right now,’ the Magpies’ No 2 said prior to kick-off.

‘Not often we’re not together. He’s only ever missed one or two days which goes to show. Again, hopefully we can go out there and deliver a performance he’d be proud of.

‘The team’s got good momentum and consistency which is really important, especially at this stage of the season when we’re trying to achieve our objectives and goals and it’s important we go out there and deliver another performance that’s good enough to get us the points we want.

‘That’s what we set out to achieve at the start of the season. We want to finish as high up the table as possible. We got ourselves in a fantastic position now but we know we have seven huge games coming up, the next one is the most important.’

Tindall had been in contact with Howe during his boss’ illness, but underlined that the most important thing for him is to ‘rest and to recover’. 

Howe, formerly the head coach at Bournemouth, led Newcastle to a first domestic trophy in 70 years after beating Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.