If you’ve seen Newcastle in action this season, you may have also seen the man on the right in the photo below:

No bell rings?

It’s about Newcastle assistant manager Jason Tindall perhaps the biggest non-sporting talking point in the Premier League at the moment.

Under manager Eddie Howe he contributed to the newly wealthy side who currently sit an impressive third in the Premier League, but that’s not what Tindall is talked about for.

– This is madness

The reason is that the Twitter user “Jason Tindall desperately wants to be the center of attention” exploded. From 10,000 subscribers last week, it is now immediately at 50,000.

The account considers an instance where the 45-year-old seemingly does everything he can to be the focal point, which isn’t exactly usual for assistant coaches.

Suddenly, he finds himself in the middle of the team photo, while Head Coach Howe remains in the background.

And then he rushes over to shake hands with the opposing team’s coach before Howe can. The latter happened most recently after the game against Arsenal last weekend, as seen here:

The example is spreading at record speed on the Internet and became the subject of the team’s press conference on Friday.

– It’s funny, because I spent the last half hour laughing with him because of the different things we send him. It’s crazy how the internet and social media can create this, Howe added. sky sportsand smiled widely.

The duo were appointed to Newcastle in the fall of 2021, and also worked together at Bournemouth until the summer of 2020. Although Howe is the head coach, it is his right-hand man and assistant who has been the talk of late of internet.

– He has an eye for the camera, recognized Howe.

Was rejected

The aforementioned Twitter user has mushroomed over the past week, and Tindall’s quest for attention has become securities in a number of major UK tabloids.

On Friday, the big Spanish club Athletic also got involved with the humor of Tindall. They shared this photo on Twitterwhere their head coach Ernesto Valverde stands on the sidelines coaching alongside the active Newcastle assistant.

Also during the American show morning foot the Tindall Circus became the theme this week.

The presenter pointed out to Howe that Tindall tends to find the camera and showed several images where the assistant is in the breach and grabs the opposing coach’s hand first, before asking the following questions:

– Have you ever had to go up to him and say “I’m in charge here and I’m the boss?”

– We are both very active on the sidelines. I encouraged him to be like that. We have been partners since our beginnings as managers. We try to do everything we can to help players. We’re placed together out there up front, and towards the end of the game it’s natural for him to move – as he’s usually placed to my left, Howe replied.

But someone got tired of Tindall’s maneuver. It happened when he tried to greet Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil after the 1-1 draw in February:

O’Neil swept past Tindall’s outstretched hand to slide to Howe first. This clip is also going viral on the internet.

Think it’s calculated

– It’s just fun. At least if you’re on our side of the fence. He’s an extremely cool guy. He sneaks around and listens to opponents on the bench, and argues with line and fourth judgments to distract from something else, says Magnus Møller from the Newcastle Skjæreskrik podcast for NRK.

– Has he become a sort of cult hero?

– He probably has the potential to be. It doesn’t take much to become a cult hero here, but it’s still a bit early to tell, replies the supporter.

Møller thinks a lot of what Tindall does is calculated and it could be a power play over the opposing team’s coach.

– I don’t think it’s because he wants to stand out, but he’s more outgoing, while Howe is more introverted. There’s probably a reason he’s doing it – it’s not accidental, he thinks.

NRK sent Newcastle a request and offered Tindall to comment on the attention he received, but at the time of writing the request has not been answered.