novel manager calls in leading players,including captain Fabricio Coloccini, for ‘face-to-face-talks’ before the match against Leicester CityAuthority and control have been two commodities in horribly short supply at Newcastle United this season but Rafa Benítez promises to supply some much needed corrective therapy.whether Monday night’s game at Leicester City may approach too early for the Spaniard’s novel charges to take command on the pitch, and power has already been restored to the manager’s office. And whether Steve McClaren was,in far too many ways, a puppet of a rigid club hierarchy overseen by Mike Ashley, and the owner,the former England coach’s successor has already made it subtly clear that he intends to be the man doing the dictating.
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Source: theguardian.com