Newcastle United in Tokyo: Behind the scenes at training, Eddie Howe press conference & third kit launch

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00:00Good morning from Bilbo, I woke up at 5am in the morning, woke up at 5am, just got ready for the day after.

00:09It's been initially 24 hours after the long day, so I'm actually getting a bit of a head start.

00:17I feel a little bit extra and a bit fresh this morning.

00:20I'm looking forward to the day ahead, a lot happening today.

00:23I'm going up to see Eddie Howe and his players in the training session this morning,

00:28and then later on to see the Open this evening.

00:32Then I've got a fresh conference to go and follow with Eddie Howe and his players,

00:36ahead of our game on Wednesday against Urara.

00:40So that's this day, half the time of our stadium, 7pm local time.

00:46It's a bit unique of the world, because it's not really a machine,

00:52it's a kind of machine that we get to use for popularity and the website.

00:58It's a machine that we get to use for popularity and the website.

01:16It's a machine that we get to use for popularity and the website.

01:46It's a machine that we get to use for popularity and the website.

02:16It's a machine that we get to use for popularity and the website.

02:47Come on, come on!

02:55Oh, yes!

03:16Come on, come on!

03:18Come on, come on!

03:20Come on, come on!

03:44No, I think it's somewhere, a place in the world,

03:48that we're probably not going to get an opportunity to come.

03:51We're going to come out here and hopefully get some new fans.

03:55They've been playing some games,

03:57obviously there's only a few weeks now until the start of our season,

04:00so we're trying to ramp up the intensity that we're playing at

04:03and the minutes that we're getting, so they're very excited to be here.

04:06I would say on the training, having previously beaten Germany not long ago,

04:10we've seen a lot more of the training today than we did in Germany.

04:14Because of the running track, it actually allowed us to get quite close to the players,

04:18so I thought that was really good.

04:20I mean, you don't get to see much more than them running about and kicking a ball

04:24for a couple of seconds or whatever, but I thought it was really good to see.

04:28It was, as you mentioned there, a full group, with the exception of three players,

04:32but they're not notable names.

04:34Young lads, were they?

04:35Yeah, Garan Kvall, Alfie Harrison and Cathal Heffernan, I think that's how you pronounce it.

04:40Garan Kvall didn't travel.

04:42Sorry?

04:43Harrison Ashby, who has travelled, not involved in training this morning,

04:47or at least the 15-minute session.

04:49I'm glad you corrected us there.

04:50Yeah, but Garan Kvall was one of them.

04:51That segues us nicely into one of your questions about the players who didn't travel,

04:55who were unconfirmed why they didn't travel.

04:59Obviously, we've got Kieran Trivia.

05:01Anthony Gordon, who we knew weren't travelling due to international and extended break,

05:06but Garan Kvall, Alex Murphy and the other player, Joe White.

05:11It's all up here.

05:12It's all the heat it's getting at the moment.

05:14We're getting stuff.

05:15Yes, we're sweating.

05:16But, yeah, they're not travelling.

05:18And we thought it could be loan-related, potentially, but Eddie Howe, injuries.

05:22Yeah, all injured, so they're not here.

05:26I'd imagine, probably for Garan Kvall, it'll be an absolute banger that he goes out on loan.

05:31I think Eddie Howe already hinted that previously anyway, but that's not why he's here.

05:35He's swollen to his...

05:37To his knee?

05:38I think it was either his knee or his ankle.

05:40His leg.

05:41Terrible.

05:42Terrible.

05:43Not promoting facts here, but it was either one of the two.

05:45Liam's not here.

05:46Someone's got to do the waffle.

05:48Yeah, so Joe White, I think it was a problem with his back, I think.

05:53Yes.

05:54And Alex Murphy.

05:55Hip.

05:56Hip.

05:57As you remember, perhaps.

05:58I remember it, because the woman who was translating had to ask Eddie Howe all over again, didn't she?

06:03Yeah, my questions caused a few translations.

06:05Eddie Howe wanted a translation.

06:08Eddie Howe was translating my question, and his answer back to this lady.

06:12Yeah, they're not present, but as I said there, I think it was pretty much a full house in terms of senior players there, which was good.

06:19Lloyd Kelly, Sean Longstaff, Joe Willock.

06:22Obviously, they missed the whole game.

06:23They trained.

06:24One of the questions I asked Eddie Howe was, when will we see them?

06:27And I think we'll probably see them for the second game of the week against...

06:30Yokohama.

06:31Marinowski.

06:32I like your pronunciation of that one, but that was my two questions in the press conference.

06:37I know I had a little bit of a huddle with Eddie Howe, which will come out now.

06:39Much appreciated.

06:40In that press conference, I think I mentioned a couple of my lines there.

06:43One of yours, questions, Bruno Gimaraes?

06:45Yes, I had a triple hit at Eddie Howe on Bruno.

06:50Just asked how pleased he was to see him back, and obviously pleased.

06:56He said the quality of the group has increased significantly,

06:59and having sort of a bare-bones squad in the previous couple of weeks

07:03to now having the likes of Bruno back, Fabian Scheer, Martin Dvorak, Miguel Almiron,

07:07just bolsters the squad, raises the quality,

07:09and now we're starting XI for the upcoming friendly games.

07:12It starts to look a whole lot stronger with Bruno in it.

07:15Then I also asked about the release clause situation.

07:17Glad that's put to bed.

07:19And Eddie Howe said, look, it never really entered his thinking.

07:23He'd be surprised if it had had Bruno's thinking as well.

07:26And then I also asked, because I'm interested to know,

07:29time-sensitive release clauses are sometimes very time-sensitive,

07:34sometimes they're time-sensitive on an annual basis.

07:37So it can come back next June or things like that.

07:41So I wanted some answer from Eddie Howe, was that the case?

07:45And he said he doesn't think it's the case, but he's not 100% certain.

07:49So was it a question for Eddie Howe?

07:51It's probably a question for someone above Eddie Howe, if we're being honest.

07:54But Eddie Howe, not 100% certain whether Bruno's release clause

07:58will come into effect in the summer again.

08:01So, yeah, no news really.

08:04Two-footing Eddie on the transfer.

08:06He doesn't like players' names being put to him.

08:09Made him squirm.

08:11I didn't do it intentionally, Eddie, I'm sorry.

08:13But we like to know these things.

08:15The questions you've got to ask, Jordan.

08:17There's been a lot of noise around AC Milan defender Malik Chao,

08:21and that's how he pronounced it because I watched a video of him pronounce his own name.

08:25So it's the first time I've got a pronunciation right, like a name.

08:29Hats off, Jordan.

08:31You can't say name, but you can say Malik Chao.

08:34Yeah, I've got the pronunciation right now, I can't actually say it.

08:37Yeah, so I asked about him, there's been a lot of noise from mostly it,

08:40to be honest, about the player.

08:42It's very one-sided, by the way.

08:44And Eddie Howe...

08:46The agent played it down yesterday as well, just for some context.

08:49His agent played down any sort of reports that a deal had been agreed.

08:54There's talks that it happened,

08:56but I think that's, to our understanding, that's as far as anything's gone.

09:02Yeah, so I asked him, and I thought it was quite an interesting answer

09:05because I said there's a lot of noise from Italy about Malik Chao.

09:09What can you say on that? Do you like the player?

09:11And his answer was, no, there's no update.

09:13So was that a little hint from Eddie that they are chasing it?

09:17I don't know, I'll be honest.

09:19I don't know currently where that deal is at.

09:22But then I thought another little hint from Eddie Howe.

09:26Well, he pretty much admitted that he liked the player.

09:29Called him a very good player, so he was fully aware of him.

09:33Obviously, he came against Newcastle in the Champions League,

09:36the San Siro didn't play against Newcastle, it's St James' Park.

09:39I remember I played really well that day alongside the Caio Tamori.

09:43Usually with Eddie Howe, when you put a player to him that is total nonsense,

09:47he tends to bat it down and says there's no truth in that,

09:50whereas he's left the Malik Chao conversation open.

09:54So for me, that probably suggests that there is interest, genuine interest there.

10:00Going to the kit launch event at, what's it called?

10:03It's Eurosports in Tokyo.

10:05Ginorsa.

10:07Yeah, that's where it's based, in Tokyo.

10:10The new third kit's being announced.

10:12You might have seen a teased new club crest.

10:14Did I say new club crest?

10:15It's an old club crest, which was actually launched in 1983,

10:19the same year Newcastle were last in Tokyo for three seasons.

10:24So whether that was intentional or not, it's certainly interesting.

10:29And people can correct me in the comments if the specifics of 1983 are not completely correct.

10:39That's my knowledge, that's what I'm done with.

10:43So yeah, that's it.

11:08.

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