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It's the footballing equivalent of his retail purchases, buy a business going out of business and then we know the script that follows

Derby fans insisting in the comments he's done a good job stabilising us in the Premier League, paying for most of our top signings. Outsiders never learn do they

Would love nothing more for this thread to fall down the pages and not be thought about anymore. Inevitable he's gone

If you fancy over 500 comments of people attacking Newcastle fans for '"abusing" him despite doing a great job with the squad he has' As for the net spend the club statement in September claims £120m which I'm fairly sure is the most of any we've had

Reading a bit about Rangnick, he'd be perfect https://breakingthelines.com/historical/ralf-rangnick-the-hoffenheim-diaries/ - maybe the right approach is to as someone said look for the talent of tomorrow not yesterday, while investing in the infrastructure to make it pay off Former Stuttgart manager Horst Heldt claimed at the time of their promotion that Hoffenheim were the only club in Germany who could rival Bayern Munich to the signing of €30 million Franck Ribéry that summer, but Rangnick was adamant that his team’s strategy was different: “Did we get Ribéry? Never! For us, it is ideal that we don’t sign players who are already playing at a higher level than us, but rather want to go there [the higher level] with us. I want players for whom a move to us is not a step backwards. We are convinced that all the guys we brought in last year – Vorsah, Eduardo, Gustavo, Ba, Obasi, Nilsson – were not only good for promotion, but also for the first division.”

The Conte rejection comes from the Sun who says he doesn't want a job until next season whatever happens

Didn't take 2017 well then

French Day!

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-allan-saint-maximin-21804659 Saint-Maximin stated he wanted to see ambition at St James' Park and wanted to challenge for honours but now he might be able to achieve his dreams under new ownership. Staveley told Chronicle Live: "He is a star. The best thing about this morning was seeing his Tweet! "It made me laugh after the long days. We want to build. "We have some incredible players with heart and real skill and courage. "Yes, we want to make sure we invest at all levels - including the team. "But we've got to look at the numbers, there are rules and regulations and you need to make sure money is going in at that side to spend it at other sides. "The Premier League has rules in how we invest and buy our players." Staveley hinted he may be in for an extension and said: "I want to see more local kids from here play for Newcastle, that's so important. (Sean Longstaff) "We've got an incredible history of local players who are giants like Alan (Shearer). "Sean Longstaff is in the team and is local and I know Matty has gone elsewhere. It's about building a solid foundation on every level, from the Academy to the top team."

We're in the market eventually for world class players Staveley's said - but we need the infrastructure around them first otherwise in her words it wouldn't work Anyone that'll improve the current squad is worth it

Fwiw

Most reports say Jones will be caretaker for Tottenham and as long as it's the 1 game we might as well give him it, so don't think it includes him

James Tarkowski is likely to become one of the first signings of an exciting new era at Newcastle United with the Burnley defender understood to be keen on the move. Another player who has been discussed is Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard, although it is not yet known whether the England international would like to sign for the club given he turned down a loan move to Newcastle back in January in favour of joining West Ham. Tarkowski is a name that will be high on that list as he fits the recruitment model of players with lots of Premier League experience who can slot straight into the first team. The club will also look to sign at least one full-back, a central-midfield player, a winger and a centre forward but there is no limit at this stage on the number of signings they can make. An early appraisal of the squad has led to the belief that it is under-resourced in every area and the money will be made available to address that as a matter of urgency in the winter window. Although Newcastle would be able to spend as much as £190m in January and stay within the financial fair play rules, sources have stressed they will only spend what they have to and are determined to build things gradually rather than spend lavishly

Spurs fans would have loved Fonseca a few months ago, really attacking football but their new sporting director wanted someone more conservative so opted for Nuno

Staveley was right all along, Spurs...

Compared to Lee Charnley... “Our pitches are very good, our gym is perfectly adequate and functional. Do we have a swimming pool or water facilities? No. Would we like to have it at some stage? Absolutely.”

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/08/amanda-staveley-newcastle-takeover-saudi-arabia No jewel, though, has ever quite captured her heart the way Newcastle United did when, almost exactly four years ago, she arrived at St James’ Park to watch Rafael Benítez’s then team draw 1-1 with Liverpool. “I fell madly in love,” she says. “Newcastle’s unique; it’s like a fantastic gem which needs buffing up at every level.” At the time Staveley and her husband, Mehrdad Ghodoussi, were exploring the idea of forming a consortium to buy a football club. “We looked at Liverpool and it didn’t work but when I came away from that game four years ago I went to our friends in PIF [Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund] and said: ‘This is the only club we can ever buy.’” “Football’s inclusive to all, that’s the great thing about it,” says Staveley. “I understand and appreciate all the messages on human rights and we treat them very seriously. But I wouldn’t bring partners into the consortium if they didn’t have the right record and PIF is autonomous and independent of the Saudi government. PIF owns Newcastle, not the Saudi state. “In buying Newcastle PIF are not going to hide and we’re proud of them; we need, strong, brave, partners. I love brave, passionate, people, that’s how I do business.” While Yasir al-Rumayyan, PIF’s governor, serves as Newcastle’s non-executive chairman, Jamie Reuben’s family business will be responsible for investing hundreds of millions of pounds of Saudi money into regeneration projects across the north-east. “We want to see more investment in the north of England, levelling up’s part of the agenda,” stressed Staveley before conversation switches to spending on players. Her six-year-old son might beg to differ but she knows a club currently second bottom of the Premier League needs more than mere big-name signings: “We’re in the market to compete for world-class players but we need the right infrastructure. They must have the right training ground, the right medical facilities.” While the 52,000 capacity St James’ Park “needs a little bit more love” the team’s antiquated training ground is arguably in need of pulling down. “It’s really awful,” agrees Staveley. “There’s no point having fantastic players if there’s nowhere suitable for them to train. “PIF have great ambition but this is a long-term investment and things take time. To reach the top of the Premier League you don’t just need great players, you need robust, strong foundations – and we have to build them. You need a strong academy, we want to see lots of local lads playing here, that’s huge for us.” “This is a great team and they shouldn’t be in 19th position, we need to challenge that straight away,” she says. “But the players also need to know they have our fullest support.”

Last summer https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/4087557/new-newcastle-owners-target-pochettinoallegricavani-sources "Despite reports suggesting Steve Bruce will have time to prove himself, sources have told ESPN the owners want a more high-profile name for next season, with four leading contenders: Pochettino, Allegri, Rafael Benitez and Lucien Favre." Favre being the only one available. We'll see if that report has substance eventually

Staveley's words https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/newcastle-takeover-sportswashing-isnt-buying-a-club-in-relegation-zone-says-amanda-staveley-w0znjjtkg When some of those violations are against women, how does a British woman get past that to work with the Saudis in the first place? “I get the question a lot,” she said. “Well I’m a woman running a football club, which is a pretty brave thing to do for a supposedly misogynistic society. I just wouldn’t be in the job if that was the case. “I’ve had so much support from the PIF. You can’t imagine the fight we’ve had to get to here today. I’m just really honoured and proud to work with them.” Is this not simply sportwashing? “Absolutely not,” she said. “If that was the intention we would have bought a major franchise in the US; not a football club currently sitting in the relegation zone in the Premier League. This is about business investment and doing something special with a fantastic football club with the best fans in the world.”

If PIF hated women so much they wouldn't have allowed Staveley to front the day-to-day, at least for now