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Newcastle paid Al-Ahli £9.5m in compensation, external to get Jaissle after he had led the Saudi club to consecutive Asian Champions League crowns.
Expectations were high when the former Red Bull Salzburg boss arrived on Tyneside shortly before the start of the season with a strong record of success at his previous clubs in Saudi Arabia and Austria.
Yet Jaissle, 38, is very much unproven in the Premier League.
Another defeat for Spurs as Elanga and Wissa goals seal Magpies win
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Although Newcastle defeated Spurs last season, too, there were also a number of games when the visitors wilted in such circumstances.
Newcastle won just four of their 19 top-flight matches on the road and, home or away, they had not previously kept a single clean sheet since March.
However, going in level in their first away day of this campaign gave Newcastle the chance to regroup at half-time.
The visitors
This was Newcastle’s first European campaign since 1977.
It was also their first since the ban on English clubs playing on the continent after the Heysel Stadium disaster had been lifted in 1990.
There was still a reasonable police presence in Bilbao on what was a national holiday.
Supporter Karl Pedley recalled how Newcastle fans were accompanied into San Mames by “full riot police, some of whom were armed”.
However,
Elanga and Osula ended up playing crucial roles in the build-up to Newcastle’s winner.
Swede Elanga dispossessed Fulham defender Ryan Sessegnon before feeding Osula out on the right.
The Danish frontman has developed into a player who can affect games at this level – scoring against champions Liverpool earlier this season – and he drove forward before cutting inside and letting fly from the edge of the area.
Though Leno
Celtic went ahead after 28 minutes when Arne Engels sent Nick Pope the wrong way from the penalty spot after being brought down by Joe Willock inside the box.
Keeper Pope made a major error to gift the hosts a second just before half-time, rushing off his line and failing with an attempt to head a long ball clear to allow Johnny Kenny to pass it into the empty net.
Newcastle, who are majority owned by Saudi Arabia’s wealthy Public Investment Fund, do not want to be held to ransom over fees, which is causing transfer progress to slow down.
The wage structure in place is strict too, and the club are being careful not to break it for a new recruit, while hoping star striker Alexander Isak signs an improved contract.
There is a sense in the fanbase that
Despite the anti-climax of this performance, it capped a superb season for Newcastle and their inspirational manager Howe.
The start to their campaign was overshadowed by financial uncertainly as Howe became a reluctant seller to avoid the club breaking profit and sustainability rules. It has ended in glory, with the estimated £100m riches of the Champions League flooding into the coffers.
The notion of Newcastle winning silverware and qualifying for
Free-scoring Newcastle heaped more misery on relegation-bound Leicester as the Magpies’ Champions League pursuit gathered further momentum.
The three points for Eddie Howe’s side lifted them above Manchester City into fifth place in the Premier League and level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea, despite still having a game in hand.
Leicester, meanwhile, became the first side in Football League history to lose eight home league games in a row without
Howe’s team were 12th in the table in early December but began the game knowing that victory would lift them into the Champions League places after a four-month absence.
Though not at their fluent best in the first half Newcastle created the vast majority of the chances – but needed a slice of good fortune to get their noses in front, Isak’s shot striking Ait-Nouri before curling inside Sa’s right-hand
