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March to June 2020 - NEWCASTLE UTD fc

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kingkeane said:
I recall Man City went on a spending spree and ended up with some average players on huge wages that they couldn’t shift because nobody could afford them. Santa Cruz, Rodwell, Robinho
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Santa Cruz was a great striker at the time to be fair. He just never got any better like people expected him to.
 

kingkeane said:
I recall Man City went on a spending spree and ended up with some average players on huge wages that they couldn’t shift because nobody could afford them. Santa Cruz, Rodwell, Robinho
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Exactly, although some of those transfers were as a way to announce themselves on a bigger stage (Robinho), the early days of the Mansour era was peppered with expensive flops.
 
The Fish said:
Can you?

I could see us make a splash in the first couple of windows because we've been running at a profit, but after that it should come back down. We haven't the income to get that kind of largess past FFP.
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Aye. FFP will be relaxed for the next two years and with clubs in dire need of money players will be so cheap. I read an article that said 70% of teams in the top leagues wont be able to spent money on players for the next 4 transfer windows. UEFA and other governing bodies will need money asap.
FFP gets relaxed, use chuck 300m at players in the first 2 years and by then use have 3-4 new sponsors who are throwing money into the club which would allow use to keep spending (£100m?) A season no problem.
 
The Fish said:
Exactly, although some of those transfers were as a way to announce themselves on a bigger stage (Robinho), the early days of the Mansour era was peppered with expensive flops.
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there were a few in latter years as well. Bony, Mangala. I still personally think it will be harder to attract players to the north east than Manchester. In fact I think Robinho though he was signing for Man United
 
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Ashley In!! said:
Your fans have spent the last few seasons insisting he just throws the cash around rather than being considered. Incredible hypocrisy.
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No we haven't. We've been frustrated that we've spent money poorly focusing on a player's resale value, rather than how he fits into the team. Marveaux, Amalfitano, Cabella, Thauvin, Riviere, Joelinton, and so on
Dave the painter said:
Aye. FFP will be relaxed for the next two years and with clubs in dire need of money players will be so cheap. I read an article that said 70% of teams in the top leagues wont be able to spent money on players for the next 4 transfer windows. UEFA and other governing bodies will need money asap.
FFP gets relaxed, use chuck 300m at players in the first 2 years and by then use have 3-4 new sponsors who are throwing money into the club which would allow use to keep spending (£100m?) A season no problem.
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Maybe, I'm half expecting revised FFP/competition rules being brought in to protect the elite clubs as has been proposed already.

kingkeane said:
there were a few in latter years as well. Bony was one.
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Bony looked quality for Swansea to be fair pretty much a 1-in-2 striker. Just never made the step up, as has been the case for loads of players at loads of elite clubs.
 
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Dave the painter said:
I can see them spending 500m in the next 3-4 years on transfers but it wont get them past challenging for a Europa league spot.
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Following the purchase, by the time they invest in training facilities and ground improvements, that would push their investment to around the billion pound mark and have them in the same position as Everton, Wolves and West Ham in terms of spending. The club would still only be worth around £350m. As this is an investment by a country’s investment fund which is looking to break it’s future dependency on oil, how do you think this will benefit them and are there any potential returns to be made.

The Man City owner is a fella indulging himself with a new toy, unlike the PIF who will invest but would obviously expect some return in order to fulfil it’s objective.
 
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Mr B said:
Following the purchase, by the time they invest in training facilities and ground improvements, that would push their investment to around the billion pound mark and have them in the same position as Everton, Wolves and West Ham in terms of spending. As this is an investment by a country’s investment fund which is looking to break it’s future dependency on oil, how do you think this will benefit them and are there any potential returns to be made.

The Man City owner is a fella indulging himself with a new toy, unlike the PIF who will invest but would obviously expect some return in order to fulfil it’s objective.
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Yeah I agree. I just hope it doesnt turn out like man city. The saudis like to have the most expensive things and the best cars ect.. The prince spent 400m and 450m on a picture and a boat didn't he? Let's hope it's not a show off toy for him
 
Dave the painter said:
Aye. FFP will be relaxed for the next two years and with clubs in dire need of money players will be so cheap. I read an article that said 70% of teams in the top leagues wont be able to spent money on players for the next 4 transfer windows. UEFA and other governing bodies will need money asap.
FFP gets relaxed, use chuck 300m at players in the first 2 years and by then use have 3-4 new sponsors who are throwing money into the club which would allow use to keep spending (£100m?) A season no problem.
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Its 'yooz' mate, the word is 'yooz'.
 
Mr B said:
Following the purchase, by the time they invest in training facilities and ground improvements, that would push their investment to around the billion pound mark and have them in the same position as Everton, Wolves and West Ham in terms of spending. The club would still only be worth around £350m. As this is an investment by a country’s investment fund which is looking to break it’s future dependency on oil, how do you think this will benefit them and are there any potential returns to be made.

The Man City owner is a fella indulging himself with a new toy, unlike the PIF who will invest but would obviously expect some return in order to fulfil it’s objective.
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These lads have so much cash they don’t know what to do with it. When Saudi Aramco (the state oil and chemicals company) looked to go public last year, the valuation was 2 trillion dollars. Bigger than Apple and their cash reserves are off the scale. I’m not saying that it’s all heading Newcastle’s way at all, but this company is pretty much owned by the royal family.
 
king of the road said:
These lads have so much cash they don’t know what to do with it. When Saudi Aramco (the state oil and chemicals company) looked to go public last year, the valuation was 2 trillion dollars. Bigger than Apple and their cash reserves are off the scale. I’m not saying that it’s all heading Newcastle’s way at all, but this company is pretty much owned by the royal family.
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Nobody will know what they are going to try and acheive until they release a mission statement and act on it, anything else is pure speculation.
 
king of the road said:
These lads have so much cash they don’t know what to do with it. When Saudi Aramco (the state oil and chemicals company) looked to go public last year, the valuation was 2 trillion dollars. Bigger than Apple and their cash reserves are off the scale. I’m not saying that it’s all heading Newcastle’s way at all, but this company is pretty much owned by the royal family.
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Most profitable company in the world isnt it? Could give Donald a few billion..
 
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