Newcastle United are set to bolster their backroom crew with the appointment of Martin Mark as their new set-piece coach forward of the 2025-26 marketing campaign, Softfootball can affirm.
The 31-year-old arrives from Danish outfit FC Midtjylland, the place his revolutionary and analytical method to dead-ball conditions has drawn widespread reward. Mark has been on Newcastle’s radar for a while, along with his observe report in Denmark catching the eye of key decision-makers at St. James’ Park.
The Athletic reported that Newcastle had explored a number of choices in current months as a part of their continued push to strengthen Eddie Howe’s teaching workers with specialised experience, and Mark Martin is the following for the Magpies. The membership has been actively reshaping its construction, creating bespoke roles throughout efficiency and tactical departments. That course of noticed James Bunce appointed as efficiency director final summer season, whereas the first-team teaching setup has additionally developed.
Kieran Taylor, the membership’s senior set-piece analyst, is already extremely regarded inside the technical crew, whereas Stephen Purches and Jason Tindall each contribute to Newcastle’s work on dead-ball routines. Mark is anticipated to deliver extra tactical readability and innovation to the group, with an emphasis on each attacking and defensive buildings from set performs.
Having joined Midtjylland’s academy setup in 2017, Mark was promoted to move of set items in 2022. Beneath his steering, the membership secured the Danish Superliga title in 2024 and adopted it with a second-place end final season. His data-driven, process-oriented method to set items aligns carefully with Newcastle’s broader footballing philosophy beneath Howe and sporting director Dan Ashworth.
The Magpies are making ready for an important marketing campaign as they return to the UEFA Champions League for 2025-26 following a fifth-place end within the Premier League. Additionally they ended a 70-year await silverware by defeating Liverpool within the Carabao Cup closing again in March, a triumph that underscored the crew’s upward trajectory.
In a bid to strengthen the crew technically, Softfootball had earlier reported that Newcastle United are wanting elsewhere in signing PSV Eindhoven ahead Johan Bakayoko as a robust various ought to their transfer for major goal Antony Elanga fall by means of.
The Magpies are edging nearer to sealing a deal for the Swedish winger, pending a closing settlement on the switch payment with Nottingham Forest.
In the meantime, Mark’s appointment is one other step ahead as Newcastle continues to put the foundations for long-term success, each domestically and on the European stage.
