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Who are the contenders to replace Steve Bruce at Newcastle?

The hunt for Steve Bruce’s replacement at St James’ Park is under way.

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The search for Newcastle’s next manager is under way after the club’s new owners decided to dispense with the services of head coach Steve Bruce.

Just 13 days after completing their takeover and to the surprise of few, Amanda Staveley’s consortium paid up Bruce, who had been in charge at St James’ Park since July 2019, in a move which is likely to please disgruntled fans who had seen the Magpies win none of their first eight games of the Premier League season.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the possible contenders to replace him.

Paulo Fonseca

Paulo Fonseca
Paulo Fonseca is the early favourite to replace Bruce (Martin Rickett/PA)

Eddie Howe

Eddie Howe
Eddie Howe has been out of work since leaving Bournemouth (Clive Brunskill/PA)

Antonio Conte

Antonio Conte
Antonio Conte led Chelsea to the Premier League title (David Davies/PA)

Brendan Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers
Brendan Rodgers has performed well at Leicester (Nick Potts/PA)

Roberto Martinez

Roberto Martinez
Roberto Martinez has been out of club football for five years (Neil Hall/PA)

Lucien Favre

Lucien Favre
Lucien Favre was close to taking over at Crystal Palace (Adam Davy/PA)

Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard has excelled at Rangers (Jane Barlow/PA)

Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard endured a tough time at Chelsea (Michael Regan/PA)
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