Newcastle share major Eddie Howe health update and reveal why he was hospitalised

Eddie Howe is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia, the club have confirmed. A statement from the side reads: " can announce that Eddie Howe is recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia.

"The club continues to extend its best wishes and support to Eddie and his family as he continues his recovery. Get well soon, gaffer."

issued a statement of his own following the club's announcement. "A huge thank you to everyone connected with United and the wider football community for your messages and warm wishes. They have meant a lot to me and my family," he said.

"I also want to pay tribute to our incredible and the hospital staff who have treated me. I'm immensely grateful for the specialist care I'm receiving and, after a period of recovery, I look forward to being back as soon as possible."

Howe's number two Jason Tindall took charge of Newcastle's last league game against . He and Graeme Jones will also be in charge for the next two games, against and .

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Tindall was asked about Howe when speaking to before the weekend game. "He was taken to hospital on Friday evening, so everybody wishes him the best and I'm sure he'll be back with us again soon," he said.

On the subject of team selection, he added: "I think when you've been ill all week it's very difficult to have the kind of input that I'm sure he'd normally have, but the way we work we know the expectations, we've got a fantastic group of players, and they know the demands that the manager and everybody else will put on them, so it's important that they go out and deliver the performance that the manager will be proud of."

Howe's Newcastle players got the better of Manchester United on Sunday to keep their hopes of qualification alive. Harvey Barnes scored twice in a 4-1 victory, with Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes on target either side of his brace.

"I've just seen a message from him before I came to do the press congratulating the performance from everybody and the team," Tindall told Sky Sports after the victory. "He was able to watch it and I'm sure that will have lifted his spirits."

The victory lifted Newcastle to fourth, with a game in hand over the teams directly below them in the table. That game in hand comes against Palace on Wednesday, in a fixture which was initially due to be played on the weekend when Newcastle won the Carabao Cup final.

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