Newcastle United might be one of the few clubs capable of signing Cristiano Ronaldo, but Eddie Howe has suggested the Magpies interest lies elsewhere.Ronaldo wanted to leave Manchester United in the last transfer window, but the 37-year-old Mike Pennel Jersey ultimately stayed at Old Trafford.He has only had a bit-part role under Erik ten Hag, though came on from the bench to score Uniteds winner against Everton last week, bringing up his 700th club goal in the proce s.There remains question marks over his future, but ahead of Uniteds meeting with Newcastle on Sunday, Howe while revealing his huge appreciation of Ronaldo indicated his side are looking towards signings more suited to a long-term approach.When asked in a pre s conference if Newcastle, backed by the wealth of Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund (PIF) would be interested in signing Ronaldo, Drew Dalman Jersey Howe told reporters: Were trying to provide long- Richie Grant Jersey term growth, weve got a longer-term vision.At the moment, we have quite an ageing squad, so we need to invest more in young players. Thats probably a big part of our progre sion, we need to get the average age down.So, it might not be a signing that we would nece sarily look to make, but thats not under-estimating the quality of the player. Hes an outstanding player. You look at his goal record last year, that was incredible. So, for me, the Matt Ryan T Shirts transfer to United has worked, its been a succe s.He got ma sive goals last year and some really late, important goals in the Champions League. The quality of the player is unquestionable.We are going to have to be very, very good against him if he plays. Were going to have to brief our players on the areas from where he wants to score Thats something we have to be aware of.Newcastle spent big on Sven Botman from Lille and Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad aged 22 and 23 respectively to bolster their squad for this season.Howes side had lost only one of their opening nine league games this season ahead of Sundays trip to Old Tyeler Davison Jersey Trafford.