While Newcastle might have got a new era underway on Sunday afternoon, the Magpies quickly came crashing back down to earth after an action-packed against Tottenham at St. James Park.
Firmly in the midst of a Premier League crisis on the pitch, the news that almost everyone had been expecting was finally announced on Wednesday morning.
After months of speculation, Newcastle announced that has been given the sack and Graeme Jones will take temporary charge of the top-flight strugglers.
Having to watch as the likes of Graham Potter and Brendan Rodgers made it clear that they were not interested in the new vacancy in the north east, we have taken a look at the three leading contenders to replace Bruce.
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William Gallas has signed a new two-year deal with Tottenham Hotspur, the club have announced on their official website.
The Frenchman signed a one-year deal with Spurs last summer and he played a big part in Tottenham’s qualification to the Champions League semi-finals after arriving from rivals Arsenal.
The club is delighted to announce that William Gallas has signed a two-year contract extension which runs until 2013.
The experienced France defender has impressed at the heart of our defence since joining the club in the summer following the expiration of his contract at Arsenal at the end of the 2009/10 campaign.
Gallas is currently on the sidelines with injury but he is expected to recover in time for the Champions League clash against Real Madr…
Queens Park Rangers will accept the trophy as Championship winners at Loftus Road on Saturday and keep it.
Despite being found guilty of two of seven charges relating to the Alejandro Faurlin signing, the London club has escaped a points deduction, the Football Association has ruled
QPR were accused of breaking third-party ownership rules over the Argentine s transfer in July 2009.
It had been feared that QPR could be docked up to 15 points, which would have left them in the play-off places.
The club play Leeds at home in their final game of the season on Saturday.
There have been a few tears in the dressing room. It s been a hell of a time and how they [the players] have been able to focus I ll never know, manager Neil Warnock said.
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Luciano Spalletti has called for another step up from his Roma players as they prepare to face Fiorentina in Serie A on Friday.
Roma have won six games in a row under Spalletti since January 30 to force themselves back into the Champions League picture, their run seeing them climb above Fiorentina into third place.
With 11 games remaining, claiming a top-two place is still a realistic ambition for the capital club given Napoli are only five points ahead after three without a win.
Spalletti hopes to reduce that deficit even further at Stadio Olimpico, but has warned his players they need to raise their level if they are to maintain their winning streak.
Fiorentina are good at anticipating the way the opposition play and tweaking their approach accordingly…
Aston Villa are closing in on the signing of Joe Cole, .
The midfielder was not offered a new contract at West Ham United, who he re-joined on an eighteen month deal in January 2013.
The 32 year old made just thirteen league starts last season, taking his all-time Premier League appearance tally to 366, across spells with Liverpool, Chelsea and two with the Hammers while he spent the 2011-12 campaign on loan at French Ligue 1 side Lille.
He has been capped fifty-six times by England scoring ten goals, though he hasn’t featured for his country since coming off the bench in the Three Lions’ 4-1 defeat to Germany in the last sixteen of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Villa boss Paul Lambert is keen to strengthen his squad after the Midlands cl…