The 10 Names on Newcastle's Shortlist Before Appointing Steve Bruce as New Manager

​Following his appointment as Newcastle manager on Wednesday morning, it is believed that Steve Bruce was actually only Newcastle's 11th choice for the position, failing to even make the original shortlist. Bruce's arrival has been met with a ​mixture of anger and disappointment by Newcastle fans, and it seems that the 58-year-old was not even popular with the Newcastle board when they began the process of looking for a replacement for the popular Rafael Benitez. As widely reported, including... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/