Newcastle United caretaker boss Graeme Jones says Eddie Howe will take over the job with the squad in good shape.
Jones believes whoever succeeds him will “inherit a healthy football club pulling in the same direction" after Isaac Hayden's equaliser forced a 1-1 draw at 10-man Brighton.
Former Bournemouth manager Howe was in the crowd at the Amex Stadium as the Magpies edged closer to making an appointment.
“It's easy to fracture in situations like this but we as a group haven't allowed it," the interim boss said.
“The boys are together… whoever comes in will inherit a healthy football club pulling in the same direction.
“You don't achieve what we did today – of course we wanted to win it – but we don't achieve what we did today with the response and the manner of the response if you're not together.
“I think that's so pleasing to me."
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