PIF will be minority stake holders and that's why this will pass the fit and proper test according to Times
Newcastle United now owned by the PIF | PL receives "legally binding assurances that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not control NUFC" ;)
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Can't wait for City fans to start complaining about how unfair it is and how FFP should look into newcastle's future commercial deals. Football was long fecked, I could care less if another oil team is added to the league. Truthfully the super league was the only way the traditionally top teams were ever going to keep their place at the top.
That won’t happen. Not at that scale anyway. The other 19 clubs won’t allow it to happen as it’s in none of their interests. And no - the owner isn’t allowed to pump money into the club for transfers and wages - only infrastructure.
Thought the BBC were saying 80%?
I, for one, am jealous
Football is morally bankrupt. I hope this at least has City fans that worship their own human rights abusers worried.
Watch the ones that didn’t want them as owners squirm in the seats now…
they have gotten huge results against the big six. dont know what you’re talking about.
At least it's not Arsenal. Arsenal fans are already the most annoying fans of all the PL clubs when their club is crap. I'd hate to have to interact with them if they became good again.
By a distance too, from the charts I’ve seen. Question is how much they will actually want to invest over there. Probably a very small percentage of their wealth, which could still be way too much.
From 2025 the PL a two-horse race between Citeh and the Barcodes.
You couldn’t make it up.
This is really going to affect the sales of Slazenger football shorts.
I can`t see it affecting United too much, will make top 4 a bit more difficult but it will cause the teams fighting for the title more problems.
Chelsea can still compete.
One off results can happen any time.
If they decided to up the ante and carry on investing until they were challenging for the big two, all of a sudden the 'neutral' feeling towards them would hit a slightly different tone.
Then so can we. We outspend them. Our issue has been what we spend it on
probably means we get more petrol though. shades of grey an’ all that.
TFW a country calls its entire populace stupid in one go.
England whipping out that special kind of brazen reserved only for company.
So, do you think they'll make a couple of seasons of weird signings like City did or will they go straight to the top and sign Mbappe?
Should be a sight to see with bin Salman amongst the crowd bare chested on a Tuesday night.
Seriously though if you have suffered like Newcastle fans have with Ashley in charge then any kind of improvement would be great for them. Sometimes you just don’t want to be involved in politics and you want to see your team challenging on a Saturday afternoon.
Seriously though if you have suffered like Newcastle fans have with Ashley in charge then any kind of improvement would be great for them. Sometimes you just don’t want to be involved in politics and you want to see your team challenging on a Saturday afternoon.
The guy chopped a journalist to pieces. He is not going to be put off by Arsene Wenger telling him he cannot buy Neymar for 300 million
They have to go through some older established names who are out of favour at the big clubs, and promising youngsters on the cheap, establish themselves in the top 10 and raise their profile as a club.
It will take 5 years at least before we see them going after the big big transfers.
Where has Arsene Wenger come from
That's the whole point of the energy transition. Focusing on ways to generate electricity by other means than burning oil...
Let's wait and see then. The clubs can do feckall about it and it's in the PL's interest to have the best clubs in the world in England.
It doesn't matter if it's unfair to the existing clubs, all the league cares about is being top dog (at least in terms of TV rights / viewership numbers), milking the top four drama, playing the big club in decline narrative etc. and they'll be more than happy to go along.
It's just an exercise in narrative / media management at that point. You can't get too rich too quickly, so I assume this will take 4-5 years to play out but it's almost guaranteed that Newcastle will be a top four club, challenging for the title in 5 years.
Weird, although not that weird. I just don't think they could get the very best right away. Still some very good ones though.
Think the Chinese spending has stopped so the type of players they could get, or perhaps some of the Russian clubs when they've spent big (Hulk, Willian, Witsel).
They wanted United too back in 2011 before they settled on PSG.
FFP is a fecking pisstake.
You think these guys have worse lawyers than city? City have got away with it for a decade and more no way will it be any different this time.
In a weird way I’m curious as to what will happen when it goes ahead.
One more English club in the super league
You think these guys have worse lawyers than city? City have got away with it for a decade and more no way will it be any different this time.
In a weird way I’m curious as to what will happen when it goes ahead.
One more English club in the super league
Not one more. They take Spurs spot.FFP is a fecking pisstake.
You think these guys have worse lawyers than city? City have got away with it for a decade and more no way will it be any different this time.
In a weird way I’m curious as to what will happen when it goes ahead.
One more English club in the super league
But levy will cry………
Nobody could be that cruel.
Serves him right for hurting King Harry's feeling. Promises were broken. Neville was in tears.
Ciro Immobile revealed when it looked like they were going to take over originally they contacted his agent to be their first marquee signing, and there was that weird 35m for Soumare that fizzled into nothing before they announced the takeover was officially off. I think they'd build up like City did, Dzeko, Balotelli, Tevez, Silva types add a few homegrown potentials to build around ASM who they need to keep hold of.
Except its not one off results. Beat Arsenal twice last season. Beat Chelsea once drawn once. Beat Liverpool and Spurs once. 5 wins and 1 draw in 1 season. And this season they’ve already gotten a win against us. The only team they haven’t gotten anything from is Man City thus far. Dont forget they were pushing for Europe before Grealish got injured midway thru last season.
But yes i do agree, if they keep investing on their squad they’ve got a big chance in 2-3 years.
A rather cowardly way to live life. I'm not sure how it's possible to turn a blind eye to those owners.
The Glazers murdered someone?
Newcastle fans who didn't want them?
There's a lot more depth at the top of the league now then back then, it'll take twice as long to emit the same dominance as City now.
France?Where has Arsene Wenger come from
Probably just use it to drive to Sports Direct for more of those sweet, sweet '7 pairs of shorts for £12' deals.
It’s the perfect club for them to buy really.
Big stadium already, one club city, large ‘legacy’ fan base.
It’s all primed for a huge cash injection and a £500m 5 year naming rights deal for St James’s Park.
We all know how this ends. 2-4 years getting the right players and manager in. Established top4 after that period and then pretend it all just happened normally.
At least they won’t have the indignity of failing to sell out the stadium like city……,,,,
Big stadium already, one club city, large ‘legacy’ fan base.
It’s all primed for a huge cash injection and a £500m 5 year naming rights deal for St James’s Park.
We all know how this ends. 2-4 years getting the right players and manager in. Established top4 after that period and then pretend it all just happened normally.
At least they won’t have the indignity of failing to sell out the stadium like city……,,,,