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Newcastle - Saudi takeover

Discussion in 'General Football' started by Inspector, Oct 7, 2021.

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  1. Inspector

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    If only we had the problems Newcastle are about to have. Richest club in world football at £320 billion. It’ll be interesting to see how this pans out. Wave bye bye to that great premier league in the sky…..
     
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  2. Steve1970

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    I can’t believe he chose them over us that Ryan is a disgrace and rupp is no better bet he never answered his call
     
    #2 Steve1970, Oct 7, 2021
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  3. Ulysses S Grant

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    Course they won't. All they want is to win something, anything. Bruce will be gone by Xmas and someone like Mancini or similar will be in.
     
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  4. Interested Bystander

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    And if they don't make the CL places, they'll be on to Boris to fix it.
     
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  5. Bronco

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    With all their money Newcastle will take some turning around, as Sheikh Mansour found out at Manchester City, a season on season improvement will be great for the Geordies.
     
    #5 Bronco, Oct 7, 2021
  6. Ulysses S Grant

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    Not going down is a start. Wonder if Ashley fancies a punt on a league two project ?
     
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    #6 Ulysses S Grant, Oct 7, 2021
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    We wouldn’t care
     
    #7 Loyalbantam, Oct 7, 2021
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  8. Inspector

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    It would be just like being under Rhodes. Balance sheet first and sod ambition.
     
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  9. Bronco

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    Your correct, but some would believe me.
     
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  10. bailiff bridge bantam

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    Great.Smug geordies.Second only to smug scousers.
     
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    If it shuts the smug Mancs up then I’m all for it.
    Can’t stand United and City have completely lost their identity.
     
    #11 Loyalbantam, Oct 7, 2021
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    Very well put Loyal
     
    #12 Iwasvp 73, Oct 7, 2021
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    I take "Ashleys" balance sheet first approach if it made us into Newcastle as they are under his ownership ! Would take that all day against this garbage National League standard operation we have festered on us.
     
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    So the Premier League will now put Saudi Arabia against Abu Dhabi with two sides from America vying for top spot.

    Tragic!
     
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    Are we from Germany then?
     
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    But our ambition isn’t to win the PL or Champions league.
    I’d be happy to be operating at the top end of the Championship, maybe a yo-yo club like Norwich or Watford and with an owner like Ashley we’d definitely get that.
     
    #16 Loyalbantam, Oct 8, 2021
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    Did he actually ever invest any money into the club except for buying it in first place?
     
    #17 Storck, Oct 8, 2021
  18. Inspector

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    Yet their fans absolutely hated him and the lack of investment on the football side. He took more from Newcastle for himself and didn’t give a damn about the fans. The club is the 17th highest revenue producing club in the world in terms of annual revenue (according to Wiki) , yet never really came close to winning a trophy. Would you really want the same toxic atmosphere that we sampled under Rahic for 18 months, and that Newcastle have endured for 12+ years? What he made of Newcastle, was a solvent club that were happy to bob along and occasionally drop into the championship. A complete breakdown in the relationship between club and fans.
     
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  19. Ulysses S Grant

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    No one trumps the scousers on smugness or grief. I'm off there today so putting it to the test.
     
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  20. Jordan

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    Nothing new though is it, back in 17/18 at the end of the season, 62% of the PL and Championship clubs had solely foreign investment/ownership. Since then, it's only gone one way. Not many clubs are English owned (at least fully) anymore, just due to the Premier League being a far more profitable business, than a club being run solely a football club.

    PL ownership/Investment by nationality:
    Arsenal - American
    A Villa - American/Egpytian
    Brentford - English
    Brighton - English has 75% share, rest is American
    Burnley - American
    Chelsea - Russian
    C Palace - English 64% two Americans share the rest
    Everton - Iranian owns 77% rest English
    Leeds - Italian 63% rest is American
    Leicester - Thai
    Liverpool - American
    Man City - Arabian
    Man United - American
    Newcastle - Saudi
    Norwich - 53% Welsh, two English share the rest
    Southampton - Chinese 80%, Swiss 20%
    Tottenham - English
    Watford - Italian
    West Ham - Welsh 51%, English 35%, American 14%
    Wolves - Chinese
     
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