Newcastle United manager Steve Bruce admits he is fearing for his job after a Saudi-backed consortium completed its takeover of the club.

The Magpies are sitting 19th on the table with just three points from seven games.

And Bruce is aware that the new owners may want to make changes to the current coaching staff.

The 60-year-old told The Telegraph: "I want to continue, I'd like the chance to show the new owners what I can do, but you have to be realistic and they may well want a new manager to launch things for them.

"New owners normally want a new manager. I've been around long enough to understand that. That decision is not up to me. I accept that and I will accept what comes my way. I have to wait to have those conversations with people when the time is right.

"If I don't make it to a 1,000 games against Spurs, you might say that could only happen to me, but I don't think it would be cruel. It's just football."