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0321safc said:
No chance. They’ll have to pay way way over the odds to persuade any genuinely top players to join them over the next 3 years, and there’s only so much money over the odds you can pay thanks to FFP. They could also get relegated and there’s little the new ownership can do about that as attracting players in January when in bottom 3 is a mammoth task. They’ll get rid of Bruce instantly I imagine but could be worst thing to happen to them if the replacement is so some foreigner with a decent sounding name and little premier league experience.
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The fans will lap up the sugar rush and they'll pander to it. This will be like early days City but without the clear path to the top. The clubs in CL positions are all bigger than NUFC, more than wealthy enough and, crucially, incredibly well run (MUFC excepted - but they're so big that it doesn't matter). Yeah we're gonna have to suffer those gimps being top half PL and in the CL conversation but the Saudis will get bored way before they are actual title contenders.
 
HarrogateMackem said:
FFP is bollocks though isn't it. City and PSG have proved that.
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Everton would be beg to differ. Remember they’ve got very wealthy backers but have had to curtail their spending because of FFP, look how much money they’ve wasted since 2016 and they are only marginally better after it all.
 
Meanwhile, one poster is notable by his absence……..
Slowly banging his head off the wall, repeating “This can’t be happening, the Saudis walked man, THE SAUDIS WALKED”.
 
jlaws said:
Interesting analogies. I have always taken Torino over Juve and Espanyol over Barca! Must be something in a Sunderland fan's psyche?

They won feck all in the 90's with only Arsenal and Utd as competition and they will win feck all again.
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I'd agree! I know an Espanyol fan who's great - f***ing hates Barca, said he used to always take a piss on their stadium on his walk home after a night out :lol: and I met a Torino fan in a bar in Venice who had watched STID, saw my Sunderland shirt (i'd been watching the match in the bar), and sneakily gave me free beers all night as he felt affinity to our "shitshow of a club" :lol:
 
Is the land opposite the Gallowgate part of the deal.I have a feeling it was sold by Ashley a couple years ago for student accommodation.The idiots think they’re going to bring the ground capacity up to 100,000
 
0321safc said:
City basically spent their way to the top before the net closed in on crazy spending. Once they reached that level of being a elite club playing champions league football it made it easier to skirt around regulations, get money in and Ofcourse be able to attract the top players.
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Yep, but I meant general commercial improvements around the ground and the area.
 
---Nemo--- said:
It's a pisser, no question about that for me. Who knows though, for the Saudis this is just one more investment in their massive portfolio, for the Kid it's absolutely everything.
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might also mean that when we get back to 'the promised land' we also have to step up...before that they may have won a cup etc but there is nowt we can do about that...
 
The Cabbage said:
The fans will lap up the sugar rush and they'll pander to it. This will be like early days City but without the clear path to the top. The clubs in CL positions are all bigger than NUFC, more than wealthy enough and, crucially, incredibly well run (MUFC excepted - but they're so big that it doesn't matter). Yeah we're gonna have to suffer those gimps being top half PL and in the CL conversation but the Saudis will get bored way before they are actual title contenders.
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Haven’t they paid £1b to sort out the tv problem.If so,I would say they’re in it for the long term.
 
The Cabbage said:
The fans will lap up the sugar rush and they'll pander to it. This will be like early days City but without the clear path to the top. The clubs in CL positions are all bigger than NUFC, more than wealthy enough and, crucially, incredibly well run (MUFC excepted - but they're so big that it doesn't matter). Yeah we're gonna have to suffer those gimps being top half PL and in the CL conversation but the Saudis will get bored way before they are actual title contenders.
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The best I can see them doing is getting into the champions league conversation without actually qualifying, like Leicester or West Ham, players would always rather go to a big 6 club than the vermin until they won something or were in the champions league. They’d have to pay that much to a true superstar to persuade him to sign, they’d then leave themselves short to add to the team. I mean where do you start with the Mags? They don’t really have any true weak points, just a squad of mediocre and largely aging players. Needs work all over.
 
palm 1 said:
He is possibly correct if their only aim is to make a buck . If however , they are looking to improve their image and use it as a vehicle to promote their country , which club is going to achieve that .
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As someone has said elsewhere, Newcastle are probably the last big PL team not to have been taken over by extremely wealthy owners.

It's not just buying Man Utd for billions, they'd have to invest hundreds of millions on top of that and they'd see little to no return. Buy us for comparative buttons, invest in real estate and commercial deals loosely tied to the club and they'll see returns AND get their sportswashing done.
 
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