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Amanda Staveley wants Sports Direct branding removed in two weeks​



Staveley said she hoped the moratorium on new deals will be lifted “as quickly as possible” to allow the club to take down the banners at St James’ Park which are still in place as part of the sale agreement with former owner Mike Ashley.

Any sponsorship contracts with related parties will have to be approved by the Premier League under proposals agreed in principle by the clubs to ensure they are not artificially inflated.


Staveley, the club’s 10 per cent shareholder, is one of the members of a Premier League working party that was set up following Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund’s takeover of Newcastle. The temporary ban was brought in by rival clubs fearing a transfer and wages arms race in the Premier League if huge new sponsorship deals with Saudi companies are done.


Staveley, who also revealed she hopes to buy Audrey Hepburn’s estate as a personal investment next week, said: “We’re working on them now. We’re hoping that the moratorium will end.

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“It is in the Premier League’s control but we will be seeking to do sponsorship deals as fast as possible. That does not stop us from working on them, getting ready for that time now. So it is really important.
“The moratorium was a shock. We did not expect that to happen. How could you imagine that all commercial deals would be off.
“The fight on this moratorium was so difficult for us because all our revenues were so low. We want everyone to try and understand we’ve really taken a big battering. And so I’m hoping that we’ll get this lifted as quickly as possible.
“And then, the Sports Direct signage will come off. I’m looking forward to that coming down. It’s a slight frustration when I go into the stand and I try and take a picture which doesn’t have Sports Direct.”
The working party is made up of representatives of eight clubs — the others are Manchester City, Manchester United, Everton, Arsenal, Burnley, Aston Villa and Chelsea.
The proposed new system for sponsorship deals which would require pre-approval from the Premier League’s board to ensure they are of fair market value and not inflated because of links between the club and the sponsor.
At the moment, sponsorship deals are only treated as related party deals if they are reported as such in the club’s annual accounts. The proposals would provide a broader definition of such related party deals rather than leave it to the clubs to self-report such relationships.
Staveley was speaking after a meeting of Premier League shareholders in London where clubs were told that the bidding for the American TV rights has gone into a second round. The league had been on course for a 50 per cent rise in the first round but the intense competition from three big broadcasters means it could get close to doubling in value from the $1 billion paid by NBC for 2016-22 to around $2 billion (£1.5 billion) for 2022-28.

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All 20 Premier League clubs unanimously opposed Fifa’s proposal for biennial men’s World Cups, along with any plans which will “significantly extend” international windows.
Richard Masters, the Premier League chief executive, said: “The Premier League is committed to preventing any radical changes to the post-2024 Fifa international match calendar that would adversely affect player welfare and threaten the competitiveness, calendar, structures and traditions of domestic football.
“We are open to reforms and new ideas, but they must enhance the complementary balance between domestic and international football in order to improve the game at all levels.”
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What does this mean in layman's terms?
 
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This could be f***ing brilliant.
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Good plan if they’re that pissed off at them. Test will be when the mugs offer 20 mil for a shit player not getting a game who is worth 5 at best. One of those teams will crack.
 
Dilligaf60 said:
Good plan if they’re that pissed off at them. Test will be when the mugs offer 20 mil for a shit player not getting a game who is worth 5 at best. One of those teams will crack.
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Thing is, unless they can skate around FFP, if they have to massively overpay to get any business done, it'll fuck them up in terms of trying to improve further. Mind, foreign clubs won't give a fuck so I'm sure there'll still be plenty of signings they could make
 
Dilligaf60 said:
Good plan if they’re that pissed off at them. Test will be when the mugs offer 20 mil for a shit player not getting a game who is worth 5 at best. One of those teams will crack.
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Or the players. A player on £60k per week being offered double those wages but then I suppose the club would need to give permission for the player to talk to Newcastle.
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
Thing is, unless they can skate around FFP, if they have to massively overpay to get any business done, it'll fuck them up in terms of trying to improve further. Mind, foreign clubs won't give a fuck so I'm sure there'll still be plenty of signings they could make
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If this sponsorship thing gets sorted it should give them some wiggle room, but in any event they need to be prepared to have their eyes taken out for whoever they sign. Even without the ill feeling all these other clubs know they are by far the richest club in the universe. As you say European clubs will be lining up to shift their shit onto them.
 
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Or the players. A player on £60k per week being offered double those wages but then I suppose the club would need to give permission for the player to talk to Newcastle.
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I would imagine so. It’s not going to be the walk in the park the mags think it is.
 
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