Later Thursday, the 41-member Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) met and announced it rejected Infantino’s plan.
The second-longest tenured manager in the Premier League is no longer holding that title as Howe has left the Magpies about a month before the start of the 2026-27 season
Eddie Howe has left Newcastle United after five years in charge at St. James' Park, reversing course after he had previously chosen to stay on at the Premier League club at the end of last season.
Pochettino led the team to the Round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup as they won their group and beat Bosnia and Herzegovina before falling to Belgium unceremonious fashion.
The 47-year-old World Cup winner had emerged as the leading candidate after the national team’s third consecutive failure to qualify for the World Cup.
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While the figures remained below the nearly 126 million viewers who watched Super Bowl LX, they marked a significant milestone for a sport long overshadowed in the U.S. by American football, basketball and baseball.
