Edi Hao says that Newcastle should be “careful” against Arsenal, as they are trying to secure a place in the English Cup final as a foreign language tomorrow night.
The Magpies team, who have not won a local cup since 1955, won the first stage of the semi-finals against the Gunners 2-0 in the UAE after its huge pressure in a destruction victory.
But Hao warned against getting rid of a team that showed their attacking skill in demolishing 5-1 from Manchester City Premier League defender on Sunday.
Eddie Hao in tomorrow’s second match against Arsenal:
“My message is, we are in the middle of the road in a tie. Against any opposition that the game is still alive. We have to deal with the game in a really positive and aggressive way, and we try to be ourselves, and there will be no … pic.twitter.com/7jmd4lwooq
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He said: “I think my message is that we are in the middle of the road. Away was a good performance of us but against any opposition, the game is still alive. Then add the quality of the arsenal [and] We must be careful.
“We have to try to be positive and aggressive, and there will be no deviation from it. We have to involve the crowd and try to achieve the most beneficial from every opportunity.”
A difficult window on hack
Newcastle failed to add it to their team in the January window, where they continue to struggle with the requirements of PSR, although it has achieved some revenues that affect the need through Lloyd Kelly sales to Juventus and Mergil Maryon to Atlanta United.
“I said correctly in the beginning, it was not a state of consideration of the facades, a state of trying to manage the expenses and not to weaken the team so much that it will be affected,” Hau added.
“We were able to get PSR and two sales to achieve this. The team is lighter but full of quality. We can still succeed.”
Hao is hesitant to leave Kelly leave
The sale of Kelly was a special blow to Howe, but it was financially logical with the club owned by the Saudi warrior who brought it in a free transfer last summer.
“I don’t think my decision was necessarily allowing him to leave, very hesitant on our part,” Haw said.
“Lloyd is a player we just fell, and we believe in his qualities. Somewhat frustrated that he did not play more, but this may have been due to the shape of others. We had to try to manage the PSR and make decisions that benefit us, and this is one of these.