Newcastle boss Eddie Howe is happy for management to address the players.

Howe invited co-owners, Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, to speak to the squad last month.

"It was just to have that contact with the owners, because it's so important as a club we're one from top to bottom," he told the Daily Mail.

"They came in, spoke to the players, they were absolutely brilliant.

"It was a nice moment, actually, just for everyone in the room to consolidate their thoughts on each other and then try to focus on the last few games that we had, and it made a positive impact on us."