If you have seen Newcastle in action this season, you may also have seen the man on the right in the picture below: CLOSE UP: The coaching duo in Newcastle: Photo: SCOTT HEPPELL / Reuters Are no bells ringing? This is Newcastle’s assistant coach Jason Tindall, perhaps the biggest non-sporting talking point in the Premier League right now. Together with head coach Eddie Howe, he has contributed to the newly rich team currently being in an impressive third place in the Premier League, but that is not why Tindall is being talked about. Newcastle’s owners In autumn 2021, Newcastle was bought by a Saudi Arabian investment fund, and with that they got the world’s richest club owners. It is the Saudi Arabian investment fund PIF that bought 80 percent of the shares in the Premier League club. The crown prince of the country, Mohammed bin Salman, manages the fund. Newcastle’s ownership situation has led to much criticism. On Saturday, Saudi Arabian authorities announced that they had executed 81 people convicted of terrorism in the course of one day. There are more than in the whole of 2021. (NTB) – It’s crazy The reason is that the Twitter user “Jason Tindall desperate to be center of attention” has exploded. From having 10,000 followers last week, it is now immediately up to 50,000. The account considers an example where the 45-year-old apparently does everything he can to be the center point, which is not quite usual for assistant coaches. Suddenly he is in the middle of the team photo, while head coach Howe stays in the background. And then he rushes off guard to shake hands with the coach of the opposing team before Howe can do it. The latter happened most recently after the match against Arsenal last weekend, as shown here: The example is spreading at record speed on the internet, and on Friday it became the topic of the team’s press conference. – This is funny, because I spent the last half hour laughing with him because of the various things he gets sent. It’s crazy how the internet and social media can create that, Howe told Sky Sports, smiling broadly. The duo were appointed to Newcastle in the autumn of 2021, and also worked together in Bournemouth until the summer of 2020. Although Howe is the head coach, it is his right-hand man and assistant who has recently become the talk of the internet. – He has an eye for the camera, Howe acknowledged. HAPPY ON CAMERA: Tindall keeps finding a camera to look into. Photo: SCOTT HEPPELL / Reuters Was rejected The Twitter user in question has multiplied over the past week, and Tindall’s pursuit of attention has made headlines in a number of the major British tabloids. On Friday, the Spanish big club Athletic also signed up with Tindall humour. They shared this picture on Twitter, where their head coach Ernesto Valverde is standing on the sidelines coaching alongside the active Newcastle assistant. ASSISTANT? It is not always easy to see that Tindall is “only” an assistant. Photo: Skjermdump / Twitter The Tindall circus was also the topic of the American show Morning Foot this week. The presenter pointed out to Howe that Tindall has a tendency to find the camera and showed several pictures where the assistant is in the breach and first takes the opposing coach by the hand, before she asked the following question: – Have you ever had to go to him and say “I’m in charge” here and is the boss?” – We are both very active on the sideline. I have encouraged him to be like that. We have been partners since we started as managers. We try to do everything we can to help the players. We are placed together there at the front, and towards the end of the match, it is natural that he moves over – as he is usually placed to my left, replied Howe. But someone has grown tired of Tindall’s maneuver. This happened when he tried to greet Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil before the 1-1 draw in February: O’Neil goes straight past Tindall’s outstretched hand to drop to Howe first. This clip is also now going viral on the internet. Think it’s calculated – It’s just fun. At least if you’re on our side of the fence. He is an extremely cool guy. He sneaks away and listens on the bench to opponents, and argues with line and fourth judgments to get attention away from something else, says Magnus Møller from the Newcastle podcast Skjæreskrik to news. – Has he become a kind of cult hero? SUPPORTER: Magnus Møller follows Newcastle closely. Photo: Private – He probably has the potential to become one. It doesn’t take much to become a cult hero here, but it’s still a bit early to tell, the supporter replies. Møller believes that much of what Tindall does is calculated and that it could potentially be a power play over the coach of the opposing team. – I don’t think it’s because he wants to stand out, but he is more extroverted, while Howe is more introverted. There is probably a reason why he does it – it is not accidental, he believes. news has sent a request to Newcastle and offered Tindall to comment on the attention he has received, but at the time of writing, the request has not been answered.
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