Steve Bruce has still to hear from his Newcastle bosses in the wake of the Toon’s 3-2 home defeat at the hands of Tottenham.
And after a day off on Monday, he returns to work intent on preparing his struggling side for this weekend’s trip to Crystal Palace with the Magpies still searching for their first win of the season.Bruce accepts he has no long-term future at St James’ Park.
But having been told by everyone bar the people who matter that he’d be fired within days of the Amanda Staveley-led consortium taking over, he’s assuming he will in the visitors’ dug-out for his 1001 st game as a manager.
The Saudi regime witnessed first hand the vitriol hurled at Bruce by the Toon Army during the Spurs game and realise they can’t risk another.
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