Yohan Cabaye (now sporting coordinator at Paris Saint-Germain)

[The College Dropout]

other clubs have moved on and exploited their worth as top of the table clubs to fleece sponsors for the right to have their logos on shirts and billboards all around the world to a massive TV audience, we've never moved past pullmans and cruise flannels or whatever

 

we'll never close the 50m gap unless the knackers start looking beyond northumberland street and the metro centre for sponsorship

 

stay local get local money, simples no?

 

Mike Ashley is one of the best businessman in the UK man. In terms of making money for himself/the club, I'm not concerned. He'll find a way.

 

In the UK, his attempts to go International have been a flop so far for Sports Direct.

 

Strategically, that hasn't been of prime importance in recent years.

 

It was the reason why he bought NUFC in the 1st place.

 

He bought NUFC pre-recession right? Yeah things change. The European economy crumbled and his biggest rival failed. There's now opportunity for a monopoly in the UK if they can stave off online vendors.

 

When did i say Europe?  He wanted to use NUFC to take Sports Direct global especially in the far east who missed the global recession.

 

Point is. In '06 opportune for growth probably looked biggest abroad. With how things have gone, the UK market is so volatile yet there to be profited fom.

[Stu]

Swiss Ramble?

[Interpolic]

Swiss Ramble?

 

There are some good figures on there actually yeah, can't post it as on my phone but the article is called In The Premier League, The Sun Always Shines On TV.

[The College Dropout]

Mike Ashley is one of the best businessman in the UK man. In terms of making money for himself/the club, I'm not concerned. He'll find a way.

 

this is a f***ing joke post right?

 

Mike Ashley is the sole owner of Newcastle United unless I am mistaken. He and the club are one legal identity, no?

 

Meaning whatever profits or loses the club makes goes into/out of his wallet?

 

It's still a limited company, so losses to himself are limited.

 

Okay, so Newcastle United onw the debt and not him personally. But that debt has significantly reduced the value of his asset, no? Didn't  he personally pay-off all the debt and charged it back to himself with low credit?

[The College Dropout]

Mike Ashley is one of the best businessman in the UK man. In terms of making money for himself/the club, I'm not concerned. He'll find a way.

 

this is a f***ing joke post right?

 

Mike Ashley is the sole owner of Newcastle United unless I am mistaken. He and the club are one legal identity, no?

 

Meaning whatever profits or loses the club makes goes into/out of his wallet?

 

he'll find a way, but has owned since 2007 and as far as i know commercially he's done very little to improve the club...he's cut costs, got rid of high earners and we're back in the PL but we're clearly worthy of better sponsorship and in particular shirt deals aren't we?

 

even the mackems have made a fuckin effort man

 

I agree with better sponsors and the like. We look very budget.

[Dan Gleebals]

Thing with sponsors - they want to see a tangible plan as to what the business will do for them in terms of coverage, investment in their name etc.

 

From what I can see is we simply thought £8M over 4 years (oh what ever the numbers are) would work for us and we accept the first bidder that came along.  The "budget" tactics clearly work for SD but not for a football club.

 

Ok - they are in the CL but the deals Manu, Man City, Arsenal etc have got for sponsorship are outstanding, ours is simply shocking in comparison.

[David Icke - Son of God]

I find it hilarious that some fans genuinely believe the club would not try to maximise the amount of money we can squeeze out of a sponsor out of either a) ineptitude on the part of Ashley/Llambias or b) laziness.

 

 

[mrmojorisin75]

you honestly think wonga was the best we could have got?

 

or our kit supply through puma being of the highest quality production and best design possible?

 

if it's not ineptitude or laziness then they're purposefully going out of their way to avoid increased revenue surely

[David Icke - Son of God]

you honestly think wonga was the best we could have got?

 

or our kit supply through puma being of the highest quality production and best design possible?

 

if it's not ineptitude or laziness then they're purposefully going out of their way to avoid increased revenue surely

 

I believe that Wonga was the best deal on the table, yes. Why wouldn't it be?

 

The Puma stuff doesn't really seem that relevant to me. The kits are shit, but that's Puma's doing not NUFC. Their gear's been chat for a while.

[mrmojorisin75]

well if there's nowt you like on the table, look for a different table then...granted i don't know they weren't scouring the world for an international sponsor who might want to get their on PL TV games shown to millions but i think it's a fairly safe assumption

 

also the point on puma is surely the club don't have to be passive, if they're being provided shit quality shirts and shit designs (which they are) they should do something about it to maximise sales if nothing else

[David Icke - Son of God]

well if there's nowt you like on the table, look for a different table then...granted i don't know they weren't scouring the world for an international sponsor who might want to get their on PL TV games shown to millions but i think it's a fairly safe assumption

 

also the point on puma is surely the club don't have to be passive, if they're being provided shit quality shirts and shit designs (which they are) they should do something about it to maximise sales if nothing else

 

That's just supposition. All we know is that Wonga offered us a better deal than Virgin so we cancelled our agreement with them a year early. The brand may be cheap, but the cash on offer is more than what went before.

 

Re: the shirts the solution is simple - don't buy them if you don't like them. Money talks. If Puma's designs are that offensive on the eyes that fans stop shelling out the club will begin to ask questions.

[mrmojorisin75]

i honestly don't know where you're coming from man, we're both speculating, you're not stating any more facts than me

 

again on shirts, the point is being sidestepped which is that better designs and quality production might actually sell more ffs

[Kanj]

Back to topic, I really don't see anyone offering +20M for Cabaye. I really rate him as a player, he's one of our best and one of my favorites - I just don't think he's going to command a fee that is going to make our board want to sell him ala Big Andy. Personally, I hope he gets a really good time off with his family on holiday and comes back reenergized, fit, and ready to show the player he was. He hasn't been himself for quite some time.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Back to topic, I really don't see anyone offering +20M for Cabaye. I really rate him as a player, he's one of our best and one of my favorites - I just don't think he's going to command a fee that is going to make our board want to sell him ala Big Andy. Personally, I hope he gets a really good time off with his family on holiday and comes back reenergized, fit, and ready to show the player he was. He hasn't been himself for quite some time.

 

Agreed, by far the most likely thing is that he starts the season with us.

[MyPalAl]

Back to topic, I really don't see anyone offering +20M for Cabaye. I really rate him as a player, he's one of our best and one of my favorites - I just don't think he's going to command a fee that is going to make our board want to sell him ala Big Andy. Personally, I hope he gets a really good time off with his family on holiday and comes back reenergized, fit, and ready to show the player he was. He hasn't been himself for quite some time.

 

[littlelunchbox]

he wont command a big transfer fee. infact i will be very surprised if he hasn't got a release clause.

 

that is how we managed to get him for such a small fee, he demanded a release clause from his former club, he probably did as well from us,  that may had swayed his overall decision to sign a contract with us.  lets not be silly and think carr and nufc was the only ones interested and aware of his existence and availability.

[Kanj]

Its been reported in the local papers that he does not have a release clause mate. Not that it confirms its 100% true or not, but just thought it should be noted.

[aussiemag]

If there was a clause, im sure his agent would have leaked it.

[Kanj]

Harry would have leaked it

[AyeDubbleYoo]

He's leaking the clauses of Huddersfield players these days.

[huss9]

Harry would have leaked it

 

fuck harry, if cabs had a release clause pards would have leaked it 6 months ago!

[BlueStar]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8772023/

 

Massadio Haidara hopes Yohan Cabaye will remain at Newcastle

 

Newcastle defender Massadio Haidara has urged Yohan Cabaye to stay at the club after the Frenchman hinted at a summer move.

 

Cabaye's impressive displays helped Newcastle pull away from the drop-zone last season, but there are question marks about his future at St James' Park after he expressed interest in a move to Manchester United.

 

Newcastle rejected an enquiry from Tottenham about Cabaye last summer, while Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain are also thought to be keen to lure him back to his home country.

 

But Haidara hopes Cabaye will stay on Tyneside as he admits his compatriot helped him find his feet in the Premier League.

 

"Of course I want Yohan to remain at Newcastle United this summer," he told The Journal.

 

"He's a really important player for the club and for the team. He's a great player and has certainly shown how important he is for Newcastle and for the French national team too.

 

"From a personal point of view I didn't really know Yohan that well before I came to Newcastle - I had played against him before and he's one of the players who gave me the warmest welcome and I'd like to express my thanks to him for that.

 

"He really helped me to settle and I get on very well with him - just like I do for the rest of the team."

 

Reports suggested a rift developed between the French players and the rest of the Newcastle squad last season, but Haidara dismissed these claims.

 

He said: "Obviously when some things aren't going well people will look to create extra problems where they don't exist.

 

"In my experience since I've been here I haven't seen a single problem - not among the French players, not among anyone. Quite the contrary, we all speak together."

[AyeDubbleYoo]

He said: "Obviously when some things aren't going well people will look to create extra problems where they don't exist.

 

"In my experience since I've been here I haven't seen a single problem - not among the French players, not among anyone. Quite the contrary, we all speak together."

 

[BrettNUFC]

He's one of the players who gave me the warmest welcome and I'd like to express my thanks to him for that.

 

"He really helped me to settle and I get on very well with him.

 

[Ketsbaia]

Haidara is a good lad.