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Is it at all feasible that after June 30th (end of the club's financial year) we’ll start spending actual money on people that play football?

 

The club has invested all of its available income income fat Mike has allowed the club since 15/16.

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Revealed: When Newcastle United will receive their next lump-sum payment from the Premier League

Newcastle United earned more than £123m during their first season back in the Premier League

 

By Chris Waugh

 

Newcastle United will receive up to £50million from the Premier League in mid-July - and Rafa Benitez will expect to be able to invest a large portion of that during the summer transfer window.

 

Although top-flight clubs receive smaller monthly payments across the course of the campaign, they are handed a lump sum of between £40m and £50m in mid-July.

 

The aim of this is to encourage transfer activity during the height of the window - but, despite the Premier League’s summer deadline having been brought forward to August 9, this payment has not been granted to clubs at an earlier date.

 

Benitez remains in discussions with the managing director Lee Charnley about potentially extending his contract, which has a year left to run, and the Spaniard’s summer transfer budget is a key factor in those talks.

 

Owner Mike Ashley promised Benitez “every penny the club generates” to spend on transfers in a statement earlier this month, but the United manager wants to be handed a definitive kitty. What’s more, he wants to be given the freedom to use that budget as he sees fit - rather than needing to wait for approval from above to pay a significant fee for an individual player.

 

The Magpies’ accounts revealed United made an operating loss of £90.9m in the Championship in 2016/17, and that impacted upon Newcastle’s competitiveness last summer. United posted a net spend of £46m on transfers during the 2017/18 campaign, though they failed to make a permanent signing in January - just as they did not make an acquisition during the mid-season window 12 months previously.

 

Throughout the campaign, Benitez stressed during Press conferences that Newcastle would be in a better place to challenge their top-flight rivals for signings after a year back in the Premier League.

 

And, though it will still take some time for Newcastle to return to a strong financial footing, there should be money available for Benitez to spend this summer.

 

Newcastle earned more than £123m from their first season back in the top flight after all: £21.2m in merit money; £21.3m in facility fees; £34.8m from their equal share of the domestic TV deal; £40.8m from their equal share of the overseas TV deal; and £4.8m from their equal share of the Premier League’s central commercial earnings.

 

It is understood that across the course of the Premier League season, each top-flight club receives a monthly payment of between £2m and £4m from that central pot.

 

What’s more, the ‘facility fees’ covering the Newcastle matches broadcast live during the first half of the season were paid to the club in January, alongside a lump sum of between £10m and £15m.

 

Newcastle will also have just received their £21.2m merit money from the Premier League after finishing in 10th place last season - and that should already have been paid to the Magpies over the last couple of weeks.

 

Having earned more than £123m across the 2017/18 campaign, however, Newcastle will receive the first portion of next season’s TV money in mid-July - and it will be between £40m-£50m.

 

It does not appear coincidental that Newcastle’s net spend of £46m last season is almost the exact equivalent of the first lump-sum payment they will have received after returning to the Premier League last July.

 

Ashley is unwilling to put any additional funds into the club - he has £144m worth of interest-free loans with United at the moment - so instead Benitez was handed the first large Premier League TV payment.

 

Going forward, he will expect to receive more than just that lump-sum figure as he aims to turn Newcastle into a side who can compete for European football and for trophies, too.

 

Premier League TV money - when it’s distributed:

 

End-of-season payment - Merit-based payment in a lump sum

 

Mid-July - Between £40m-£50m in a lump sum

 

January - TV money for first half of the season plus a smaller lump sum

 

Monthly payments - Between £2m-£4m paid to club every month across the year

 

Probably waiting for the big lump sum in mid July.

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Revealed: When Newcastle United will receive their next lump-sum payment from the Premier League

Newcastle United earned more than £123m during their first season back in the Premier League

 

By Chris Waugh

 

Newcastle United will receive up to £50million from the Premier League in mid-July - and Rafa Benitez will expect to be able to invest a large portion of that during the summer transfer window.

 

Although top-flight clubs receive smaller monthly payments across the course of the campaign, they are handed a lump sum of between £40m and £50m in mid-July.

 

The aim of this is to encourage transfer activity during the height of the window - but, despite the Premier League’s summer deadline having been brought forward to August 9, this payment has not been granted to clubs at an earlier date.

 

Benitez remains in discussions with the managing director Lee Charnley about potentially extending his contract, which has a year left to run, and the Spaniard’s summer transfer budget is a key factor in those talks.

 

Owner Mike Ashley promised Benitez “every penny the club generates” to spend on transfers in a statement earlier this month, but the United manager wants to be handed a definitive kitty. What’s more, he wants to be given the freedom to use that budget as he sees fit - rather than needing to wait for approval from above to pay a significant fee for an individual player.

 

The Magpies’ accounts revealed United made an operating loss of £90.9m in the Championship in 2016/17, and that impacted upon Newcastle’s competitiveness last summer. United posted a net spend of £46m on transfers during the 2017/18 campaign, though they failed to make a permanent signing in January - just as they did not make an acquisition during the mid-season window 12 months previously.

 

Throughout the campaign, Benitez stressed during Press conferences that Newcastle would be in a better place to challenge their top-flight rivals for signings after a year back in the Premier League.

 

And, though it will still take some time for Newcastle to return to a strong financial footing, there should be money available for Benitez to spend this summer.

 

Newcastle earned more than £123m from their first season back in the top flight after all: £21.2m in merit money; £21.3m in facility fees; £34.8m from their equal share of the domestic TV deal; £40.8m from their equal share of the overseas TV deal; and £4.8m from their equal share of the Premier League’s central commercial earnings.

 

It is understood that across the course of the Premier League season, each top-flight club receives a monthly payment of between £2m and £4m from that central pot.

 

What’s more, the ‘facility fees’ covering the Newcastle matches broadcast live during the first half of the season were paid to the club in January, alongside a lump sum of between £10m and £15m.

 

Newcastle will also have just received their £21.2m merit money from the Premier League after finishing in 10th place last season - and that should already have been paid to the Magpies over the last couple of weeks.

 

Having earned more than £123m across the 2017/18 campaign, however, Newcastle will receive the first portion of next season’s TV money in mid-July - and it will be between £40m-£50m.

 

It does not appear coincidental that Newcastle’s net spend of £46m last season is almost the exact equivalent of the first lump-sum payment they will have received after returning to the Premier League last July.

 

Ashley is unwilling to put any additional funds into the club - he has £144m worth of interest-free loans with United at the moment - so instead Benitez was handed the first large Premier League TV payment.

 

Going forward, he will expect to receive more than just that lump-sum figure as he aims to turn Newcastle into a side who can compete for European football and for trophies, too.

 

Premier League TV money - when it’s distributed:

 

End-of-season payment - Merit-based payment in a lump sum

 

Mid-July - Between £40m-£50m in a lump sum

 

January - TV money for first half of the season plus a smaller lump sum

 

Monthly payments - Between £2m-£4m paid to club every month across the year

 

Probably waiting for the big lump sum in mid July.

 

Yeah, we only deal in bags of cash.

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So that would be £61m (Lump Sum + Merit Award) along with maybe 2 lots of the monthly income (assuming they come over 12 months and not just during the season) giving £65m plus any cash received up front from sales.

 

If Merino has a release clause then not stupid to assume its payable upfront, one years installment from Sissoko and Gini (£!0-£!5m?) likely to have been received and then lets say 20% of any fee agreed for Mbemba and Mitro -maybe £6m.

 

No reason at all based on that article not to have £80m+ to spend on fees + agents fees + loan fees

 

 

 

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Moussa Dembélé? (The Celtic one)

Live in Glasgow and seen a bit of Celtic last season and I'm far from convinced. Scoring 9 league goals for a team absolutely dominating in a trash league is poor.

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Should be all over this.

 

Hmm. *imagines all of joeyt's posts*

 

Nah, let someone else have him.

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Moussa Dembélé? (The Celtic one)

Live in Glasgow and seen a bit of Celtic last season and I'm far from convinced. Scoring 9 league goals for a team absolutely dominating in a trash league is poor.

Did he start many games just this season gone? He scores 1 in every 2.25 games in the league since he's been at Celtic.
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Moussa Dembélé? (The Celtic one)

Live in Glasgow and seen a bit of Celtic last season and I'm far from convinced. Scoring 9 league goals for a team absolutely dominating in a trash league is poor.

Did he start many games just this season gone? He scores 1 in every 2.25 games in the league since he's been at Celtic.

He starts most yeah. He went through a lengthy dry spell this season as well and I'm not even sure he's the best striker at Celtic. He surely has potential but he severely needs to kick on. He should by all accounts be scoring a whole lot more.

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Moussa Dembélé? (The Celtic one)

Live in Glasgow and seen a bit of Celtic last season and I'm far from convinced. Scoring 9 league goals for a team absolutely dominating in a trash league is poor.

Did he start many games just this season gone? He scores 1 in every 2.25 games in the league since he's been at Celtic.

He starts most yeah. He went through a lengthy dry spell this season as well and I'm not even sure he's the best striker at Celtic. He surely has potential but he severely needs to kick on. He should by all accounts be scoring a whole lot more.

Ah well, I'd still probably take him like. But he'll cost probably somewhere in the region of £15m-£22m, so that rules us out.
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As if :lol: I rate him highly and I think something like 30m+ would interest Leicester and he’d be worth every penny even for only a couple of seasons. He. Pull pick and choose though.

 

He would be ideal for us and as he gets older I could still see him being a capable player as even at less pace and energy he would still be quicker than most and he has the kind of temperament who would learn to adapt his game.

 

Such an underrated player and his story a glorious one. I would have paired him with Kane for England, but we have no-one in midfield who can play him in.

 

Shelvey would have been that player and I think that combination would have given us an added dimension to our attack, but as things stand, I think Vardy would cut a frustrated figure the way we now play and not give us enough on the ball.

 

He could be handy during any extra time though with his pace and ability to stretch teams plus his pressing and finishing which I think is first class personally.

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