Paul Mitchell appears to be first choice - but Paolo Maldini and Hugo Viana are also among names in the frame for Newcastle vacancy
understands that executive search consultancy Odgers Berndtson – who are acting as an intermediary in the process for Newcastle – have cast the net wide for potential candidates as they carry out due diligence of the sporting director market.
Both are highly rated, with Maldini having won huge praise in Italy for pulling together the young squad that wonlast season. He has been out of work since June last year, when he left Milan admit reports of a disagreement over direction with the club’s owners.
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