Paul Mitchell leaves role as Newcastle United sporting director
Paul Mitchell has left his position as Newcastle United's sporting director after less than 12 months in the role.
Mitchell was appointed Newcastle's new sporting director in July of last year, ending the club's four-month search for Dan Ashworth's successor.
He will now depart with the club's CEO Darren Eales, who had previously recruited Mitchell to Tottenham Hotspur in 2014, stepping down in the near future due to health reasons.
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Mitchell leaves with the full respect of the hierarchy, technical team, coaching staff and players. His exit is not expected to impact the summer's transfer business with the club having already identified clear targets during meetings over a number of months.
Mitchell said: 'I'd like to thank everyone at Newcastle United for their support over the last year, including Eddie Howe, Becky Langley, the players, staff, owners and fans. It has been an honour to be part of the club and to work with some incredible people.
'I'm leaving at a time that is right for me and the club, particularly with Darren Eales — someone who I have worked so closely with in my career — moving on soon.
'The club is in great hands on and off the pitch, and is in a fantastic position to continue building. I'd like to wish everyone connected with Newcastle United a bright and successful future.'
Mitchell defended Newcastle's lack of business during a summer window last year that Alan Shearer, Newcastle's record goalscorer, described as 'embarrassing'.
The Tyneside club did not add any additions to Eddie Howe's first-team squad having failed with bids to sign Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi and Nottinham Forest's Anthony Elanga.
Mitchell joined Newcastle with a wealth of experience in scouting and recruitment, having worked at Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, RB Leipzig, and Monaco.
However, despite being able to keep hold of integral players like Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak, his first summer with the club was far from a success with Newcastle's difficulties in the transfer window being highlighted by their failure to sign Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi.
Following Newcastle's difficult summer transfer window, Mitchell sat down with reporters at St James' Park and fronted up and discussed the club's failure to improve their first XI, his relationship with manager Eddie Howe and those links to the England job, as well as the club's overall recruitment strategy.
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There was no one-word response or short reply when it was put to him that the transfer window was a 'failure'.
'There are things we got wrong in our strategy, for sure,' Mitchell said. 'If we could have signed a player that we actively felt could make a really good squad better, would we? Of course, we would have done.'
Despite the lack of additions Newcastle went on to qualify for the Champions League, securing their place in next year's competition despite defeat by Everton on the final day of the Premier League season.
(Yann Coatsaliou/AFP via Getty Images)
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