nufcnick

Aye just had a £10 @ 66/1

Too right, pussys, pussy man

After everyone that’s been mentioned, ending up with Martinez would be like, shagging Jennifer Lawrence then pulling out to finish in Susan Boyle

Leave the lions alone, they are my team

As long as it’s not martinez, Gerard or lampard, I’m happy

He was on a hiding to nothing after wenger

That’s exactly what I’m saying, if we had approached Rafa or Rodgers it would have been leaked that they rejected us outright

I think if we had approached both of them it would have been leaked that they had rejected us out right, I think the fact that no manager/agent/trusted Press guy has came out and said that they had rejected us, means the guys were talking to are interested in the job

Martin Samuel is bang on, which is why we need to bring in a big sponsorship now if we’re going to, the PL lawyers will be telling them what they have just done is illegal and will get them into trouble if they try and enforce it, what they bring in, in 4 weeks time will likely be harder to bypass

Wouldn’t get away with that, but there is nothing stopping the club opening a few club shops in Saudi and the PIF giving all 20m adult males £60 to buy a new Newcastle top, even if the club only got half that would still add up to £600m per season

He’s a member of the PIF board, so is totally within his rights to talk about us as our majority owner, I think because he was being interviewed as the KSA minister of finance and not a PIF board member, he was trying to refer to PIF and NUFC as they.

That’s the new rules that are applying to owner sponsorship, not our ownership

Now that they are in were going by the same rules as Manchester City, who’s owner is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and He is also the owner of the Abu Dhabi United Group (who own city), an investment company for the Abu Dhabi royal family, basically exactly the same as the PIF. So if they try to expel us they would also have to expel City

Because it’s us, we would probably get a points deduction

With our current squad that won’t amount to much

Yeah without a doubt, it’s just easier to understand when it’s in round numbers, in theory we could spend £500m in January and not be bothered by FFP for 2 years

It doesn’t really work like that, We could spend a lot for a few seasons before it begins to add up. For example we could spend £200m this season on 5 players and it would only cost the club £40m per season (+ wages) assuming those players signed 5 year contracts. The problem comes when we spend big for 2, 3 or 4 seasons because that £40m per season becomes £100m+ per season even when you've stopped spending. Which is why it’s imperative get in proper sponsors and grow our commercial revenue quickly.

We could spend a lot for a few seasons before FFP begins to add up. For example we could spend £200m this January on 5 players and it would only cost the club £40m per season (+ wages) assuming those players signed 5 year contracts. The problem comes if we spend big for 2, 3 or 4 seasons because that £40m per season becomes £100m+ per season even when you've stopped spending.

TBH, if the club was thinking about the main sponsor being Aramco or someone like that, now’s the time to draw up the paperwork and process it because the current ban is at best unlawful and at worst Illegal, which means they wouldn’t be able to punish us if we just went ahead and did it, once the lawyers tell them what they can and can’t do in the next 4 weeks that’s when it will be harder to get around

That was a time when team managers controlled everything though, those times have now gone with DOF/SD now controlling everything

TBH he didn’t do a bad job with Chelsea when they were under a transfer embargo, it went south when he had money to spend

He’s not going anywhere for a penny under £80m

Easy ways round it, there is nothing stopping PIF opening club shops in SaudI giving every one of the 20m male adults £60 to buy a Newcastle top , even if the club gets half, bang there is £600m per season through shirt sales and nothing the PL can do about it.

Imagine how disappointed the other 18 teams will be when Saudi sponsors Manchester City to the tune of £500m and Abu Dhabi sponsor Newcastle United to the tune of £500m, when Saudi and Abu Dhabi do a deal amongst themselves.

Surely that’s dereliction of duty and could come under gross misconduct, with the ability to sack him without compensation