Eddie Howe says that success with Newcastle United won't result in his head being turned by any other club.
Howe - who has also been talked about as a successor to Gareth Southgate in the England hotseat - is not focused on being anywhere else apart from St James' Park. These are exciting times on Tyneside after Howe became the first man since Sir Bobby Robson to lead the club to the Champions League.
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With Howe, who has a long-term contract on Tyneside, also a manager of the year contender, it could result in some interested observers but the head coach is keen to stay put.
When asked about if his future was here, Howe told reports in the Sunday scrum of his Press conference: "Very much so, there is no other thought in my mind. "For as long as I’m wanted, Newcastle is where I want to be.
"I’m hugely excited about next season and hopefully beyond."
But Howe also knows that things may not be as straight-forward as this season and the extra Euro games will throw up some unusual plots. Howe added: "It can be tougher (playing in Europe). "I don’t want to come across as negative or pessimistic in any way, or almost having that mindset going into next season.
"We need to go into next season full of positivity and full of what can be. "We want to compete, we want to try and win a trophy.
"So, we are very, very ambitious to move things on but the challenges will get harder and we have to be better. "A lot of that is going to be dictated by what we do in the window and obviously our work on the training pitch. "The process will not change."
Newcastle will now enter the Carabao Cup at the third round stage and the FA Cup is also one Howe will have an eye on. But after playing strong teams throughout the competition last term, he isn't about to change stance, despite the return of Continental competition.
Howe said: "Yeah, we won’t look at the domestic cups and sacrifice them for the Champions League. "That’s not my mindset sat here now.
"We want to win, we want to try and win a trophy and we came very close this year. "We want to go one step further."
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