No concern over Newport future - Hughes

David Hughes was appointed Newport County manager in May 2025

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."

‘We see the game the same’ - Hughes on chairman Jenkins

Chairman Huw Jenkins has received criticism from sections of Newport County's support

Prior to their two consecutive victories, a run of 11 winless matches saw many County fans take out their frustration on chairman Huw Jenkins.

But further wins could help unite everyone at the League Two club, according to Hughes.

And a League Two victory against Cheltenham Town this Saturday (15:00 BST) would be their first home win of the season.

"We [Jenkins and Hughes] see the game the same way and how it should be played. I'm sure the chairman was frustrated with results, as everybody was," added Hughes.

“We believe in the players, we believe in what we're trying to do. We stick with it and it will change, and Saturday it did [against Accrington].

"We speak consistently on performances, on games and on who we think is playing well.

"We share information around our pre and post-match videos so that everybody's clear on how we're trying to play. And the most important part is to be clear and transparent, and that's absolutely the way that we've tried to be from day one.”