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"I am not important in this, Mike Ashley is not important in this. What is important is the football club.

"That will always be bigger and better than any one individual.

"Hopefully, I am standing on Monday morning talking about Newcastle as a Premier League football club. That's the aim.

"They are only football matches, are they? Is that all? They are pretty big.

"It's bigger than a cup final, a hell of a lot bigger than a cup final.

"I am trying to be as relaxed as possible. Obviously, I live in the city, I am aware of what it means, but also my players are aware of what it means as well.

"We have got one one last throw of the dice and we have got to give everything in this particular game and see where we get to.

"I am totally convinced we will get out of it, yes, and I think more importantly, so are my players.

"We have now got a chance to save Newcastle - that's the important thing. Anything else can wait, and anything else is irrelevant.

"Sir Alex Ferguson has got a very important game on Wednesday, a huge game, a European Cup final, so he can play whatever players he wants, he can rest whatever players he wants.

"But we are talking about Manchester United here, the biggest and best squad in the league, so whatever team he puts out will be capable of beating Hull."