Howe is one of the bookmakers’ favourites to succeed Gareth Southgate.
Newcastle will fight any attempt by England to lure Eddie Howe as Gareth Southgate’s successor after it emerged he signed a secret contract extension last summer that did not include a set release clause.
THE JOY OF SOUTHGATE’S THREE LIONS: The Three Lions lost a second successive final in Berlin but, as Miguel Delaney writes, Gareth Southgate leaves something greater than purely results on the pitch