Insight into new Newcastle United boss Matthias Jaissle
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The 38-year-old German, Matthias Jaissle, is set to become the successor to Eddie Howe.
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Having recently resigned from his post at Al-Ahli in the Saudi Pro League, Jaissle has an impressive resumé for a young coach.
He led Al-Ahli to Saudi Super Cup success in 2025, as well as as winning the AFC Champions League in 2025 for the first time in the club’s history, then successfully defending that title in 2026.
Prior to this, Matthias Jaissle was assistant manager at Danish club Brondby before coaching FC Liefering (an RB Salzburg development side essentially) and then RB Salzburg, leading them to the Austrian Bundesliga title twice and the Austrian Cup in 2022, winning the double.
A student of the Red Bull model and a so-called ‘Rangnick disciple’, Jaissle joined the RB Leipzig coaching staff following a premature end to his playing career through injury. Here, he shaped his footballing ideology under Ralf Rangnick. Aggressive football, developing young prospects, and relentless pressing are three key characteristics of a Jaissle team.
Matthias Jaissle shares a similar coaching philosophy to Eddie Howe.
Jaissle stresses the need for high-intensity pressing in his teams. Setting up in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 system, Jaissle emphasises vertical play, looking to force opposition mistakes, win the ball back high up the pitch, and then transition quickly in order to attack effectively.
I would argue that the foundations for Jaissle are already in place at Newcastle United. We have a young core who are used to the physical demands of playing in a high-press 4-3-3 system under Howe.
Jaissle’s history of working with (and improving) youth within the Red Bull set-up will hopefully bode well for the likes of Steur, Bamba, and Touré.
There has been a shift at the football club no doubt.
The Newcastle United hierarchy have been forced to be a bit savvier with their finances this summer, opting for raw, young talent rather than proven stars. The appointment of a young, relatively unknown, exciting manager embodies this shift and is similar to Brighton’s appointment of Fabian Hurzeler in many ways.
Will his track record of improving young players convince the likes ofLewis Hall and Tino Livramento to stay?