Newport County: ‘No concern’ over future, says boss David Hughes

Manager David Hughes says he has “no concern” over his future at Newport County amid speculation that he could be replaced.

Hughes has said he was “made aware by a friend” that the former Austria international Christian Fuchs watched County’s win at Accrington Stanley, leading to speculation over Hughes’ future.

The Exiles boss also remarked after the game that belief in him “may have deviated.”

But after back-to-back wins against Cardiff City and Accrington, Hughes insists he is calm about the future.

“I’m really relaxed. First, we know when you lose games of football, you wake up at two o’clock in the morning looking for a solution, trying to think of a solution,” said Hughes.

“You can go six, seven days without sleeping properly because you want to try and help the people you work with be successful. You want to help the players win. That’s all we want to do. I generally have no concern for myself in the process.

“My job is to represent the club, to put a team out on the grass that represents the city of Newport to try and win, and in a number of games we didn’t do that. We were close but we didn’t and we needed to get over the line.

“I’m not putting a front on just because we’ve lost a few games. I’m not trying to be positive when inside it’s eating me up. I hate losing, the players hate losing.

“We’re all in it because I want to see the game played in a particular way. I want to see players relishing playing on a Saturday, enjoying themselves. I want to see them winning. So that’s never changed for me and it won’t change.

“I love my job. I love coming into work every morning. I love supporting a group of people to try and evolve and progress their game.”