CHERRIES boss Eddie Howe and ex-Saints manager Glenn Hoddle are believed to be among the list of potential candidates to replace Alan Pardew at Newcastle.

Managing director Lee Charnley and chief scout Graham Carr are drawing up a list of around 10 possible candidates to provide the basis for discussions early next week.

That list will then be whittled down to the men the pair believe can fulfil the role of head coach at St James' Park.

And, perhaps more importantly, whether or not they are available, either immediately or at some point in the near future, and would work within the 'continental' model the club has adopted.

Sources on Tyneside insist that no-one has yet been approached and certainly no offers have been made.

But the Press Association Sport are reporting that Bournemouth boss Howe is among the names which will be considered at this early stage.

Former England boss Hoddle, St Etienne's Christophe Galtier, former Mainz boss Thomas Tuchel and Derby's Steve McClaren are also believed to be on the list.

Galtier has already indicated that he will not walk out on his current employers this season, while Tuchel is currently taking a sabbatical and McClaren, who signed a new three-year deal last summer, has distanced himself from the vacancy.

However, those details and possible resolutions will form part of the early discussions, and what is clear is that Charnley and Carr, who are being given free rein by owner Mike Ashley, will not appoint in haste.