Geordie Arabia

[gkmacca]

The Premier League shouldn't bother with taking the knee when they think that regime is welcome to use football as a PR exercise for barbarism. It's outrageous that they get their little badges on and wag their fingers at fans as though they're William fecking Wilberforce and then go all dumb when the hand hacking brigade buy up the barcodes. Excuse me whilst I vomit into my Immanuel Kant tote bag.

[Reckoner]

49 minutes ago, Leyton388 said:

Nothing to see here. Horrible bunch of cunts. 

 

https://news.sky.com/story/university-of-leeds-deeply-concerned-for-student-sentenced-to-34-years-in-prison-in-saudi-arabia-12675726

Top banter from the Saudis.
It’s great to see that the increased exposure has started to really progress attitudes in Saudi Arabia, just as Shearer said it would.

 

In addition to this appalling sentence are some interesting facts about twitter and S.Arabia. 
They own a huge stake in it but clamp down on its use by its own citizens, widely reported torture and murder of those who liked a post regarded as critical to the regime there.

[Leyton388]

I do look forward to all the mental gymnastics the Newcastle fans do to try convince themselves they are great owners and top lads who have Newcastle brown flowing through their veins. 

[Kevin D]

Mind your own business, you busy bastards.

[TD_LFC]

Jesus Christ, hard hitting journalism from the Telegraph's northern football writer.

 

 

[Lee909]

5 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Jesus Christ, hard hitting journalism from the Telegraph's northern football writer.

 

 

 

FA,Premier League,UEFA,FIFA,NBA,CIA,Red Shite conspiracy 

[Pete]

Cunt fans

[gkmacca]

On 18/08/2022 at 19:14, Leyton388 said:

I do look forward to all the mental gymnastics the Newcastle fans do to try convince themselves they are great owners and top lads who have Newcastle brown flowing through their veins. 

They should fly over to the land of their owners, where the blood can flow out of their veins, thus making it much easier to check the contents.

[dockers_strike]

This isnt the 'fault' of the previous owner, Ashley. It's the fault of the new owners who decided they wanted to splash the cash on new, supposedly better players in mainly one transfer window. It's fucking outrageous for this article to suggest the 'previous' regime were at fault.

 

After all the bluster by the new owners and Newcastle fans, it seems they're struggling to stay within even the PL's virtually non existent FFP rules!

 

Newcastle United are still paying hundreds of thousands of pounds a month to cover the wages of players who are no longer at the club.

 

The deals were agreed over the summer when the board realised they had to take drastic measures to trim the first-team squad after manager Eddie Howe made it clear several high earners were no longer part of his plans.

The situation is a significant complicating factor in Newcastle’s ongoing attempts to meet Financial Fair Play regulations after spending more than £200 million net on nine new players since the club was bought by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in October last year.

 

Telegraph Sport can reveal for the first time just how large the payments are to cover wages of players who have not only been sent out on loan, but also some who left on permanent deals over the summer.

 

In most cases, Newcastle are still paying around two thirds of the wages as they had struggled to offload unwanted players and were forced to “sweeten” deals to persuade other clubs to take them off their hands.

Some of the deals agreed are eye-watering. Reading are understood to be paying a tiny fraction of midfielder Jeff Hendrick’s wages after he signed a £50,000-a-week deal at Newcastle as a free agent in 2020.

 

It is a similar situation at Norwich City, who are thought to be liable for around £20,000-a-week for midfielder Isaac Hayden. The 27-year-old signed a six-year contract on Tyneside in 2020 and is thought to earn more than £50,000-a-week.

 

Newcastle did at least insert a clause that means the deal will become a permanent switch if they are promoted back to the Premier League in May.

Perhaps the strangest arrangement is the one that allowed Stoke City to sign striker Dwight Gayle on a permanent basis in July. The 32-year-old, who is yet to score a goal for his new employers, is still being paid £60,000-a-week, but the Championship club are only responsible for around £20,000 of that figure.

 

Stoke received the favour as they were also struggling to meet FFP regulations in the Championship and could not have signed Gayle and covered his wages without a cut-price deal. It also thought that Newcastle had to come up with a similar arrangement to facilitate Federico Fernández’s move to Spanish club Elche.

 

Telegraph Sport has also learned that Sheffield United are only liable for a third of defender Ciaran Clark’s estimated £40,000-a week while he spends a season in South Yorkshire. The 33-year-old centre-back has not played since August because of injury.

Owners inherited problem from previous regime

It is not unusual for top-flight clubs to pay a percentage of the wages for players loaned to lower league clubs but Newcastle have been forced to pay far more than would be considered normal for the type of deals agreed.

 

It is a problem the new owners inherited from the previous regime, which had handed out big contracts to players who helped the club win promotion from the Championship in 2016 and then extended them in order to protect their market valuation, as demanded by former owner Mike Ashley.

 

It was a mistake, as the extravagant wages priced the majority of players out of a move back down to the second tier and rival Premier League clubs were simply not interested in them.

 

Howe’s predecessor, Steve Bruce, had desperately tried to raise extra transfer funds by selling squad players but could not find any buyers who could afford to pay both a transfer fee and cover the player’s wage demands.

 

Newcastle declined to comment when asked by Telegraph Sport to explain why the decisions had been taken, although sources have stressed that the money freed up on wages by loaning players out allowed the club to sign Alexander Isak in a club record £60 million deal in August.

 

Nevertheless, the drain on resources is a headache that will resurface when the club looks to strengthen again in January as it makes it harder to keep within FFP rules. It means they will listen to offers for squad players in the winter window in order to create more wriggle room within their current budget.

 

To put things into context, the combined wages of the players who departed over the summer add up to considerably more than the club top earner, England international Kieran Trippier, is paid every week.

 

Meanwhile, Newcastle are close to confirming the signing of exciting young Australia international Garang Kuol. The 18-year-old, who made his debut for the senior side against New Zealand last week, will join from Central Coast Mariners but will immediately be loaned to a European side because of work permit issues in the UK.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/09/28/newcastle-paying-100000-a-week-players-no-longer-club/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr

 

 

[gkmacca]

I hate old Toothy just sitting in pressers claiming he doersn't know much about his new owners and their regime and it's all just about football, innit - is he going to do that for as long as he's there? Is he going to be allowed t? They gave him about a week's worth of grilling on the topic and then got bored and left him alone. It's understandable, I mean, mass persecution, it's not as bad as a Super League, is it? Hanging's nothing to get hung up about. 

 

It's also pretty pathetic how the hacks just accept the PR crap that whatever agency Staveley uses churn out. Whenever there's a bad story, her PR people place something distracting and it's just accepted. Take that godawful game against us - all the flak Newcastle were getting, and then...surprise, surprise: 'My Stanley Park scrambler bike hell by Amanda Stavely' - what patronising shite!

[dockers_strike]

I can just see fat cunt Samuel whooping for joy at this news. What a fucking load of drivel;  flexing their new found financial muscles and global appeal, with the search on for a new shirt, training ground, training kit and a host of other sponsors?

 

Newcastle United will soon be able to unleash the full benefits of their takeover by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund as they look to attract a string of lucrative sponsors.

 

Although he has only been in the job for seven weeks, chief executive Darren Eales has been working on deals that, he hopes, will greatly improve revenue streams at St James’ Park.

 

Those deals may well include sponsorship by companies who are linked to Saudi Arabia and in particular those in which PIF already invests.

 

Eales, who returned to England this summer after leading the creation of MLS franchise Atlanta United, insisted Financial Fair Play rules, which were tightened in this country immediately after the Saudi takeover was completed last year, ensured Newcastle could not behave in the same way as Chelsea and Manchester City did.

 

But that will not stop Newcastle flexing their new found financial muscles and global appeal, with the search on for a new shirt, training ground, training kit and a host of other sponsors.

 

“The reality is we aren’t like Manchester City when they had the takeover or even Chelsea,” said Eales, who was speaking to the media for the first time. “We haven’t got a blank sheet of paper where you can just spend what you want. 

 

“There are regulations in place, so we have to get from A to B in a smart way. In a way, it's not that different from building a club from scratch at Atalanta. Yes, you’ve got a vision of where you want to be, you have a strategy, but it takes time

 

“It’s always going to be evolving. We’re going a little bit from a low bar. It's going to be incremental, it’s not going to be just flicking a switch. I joke it’s like a 130-year-old start-up.”

 

Newcastle are also considering selling naming rights for St James’ Park but will only do so after a thorough consultation with fans and Eales stressed there is nothing to stop them agreeing contracts with a myriad of Saudi companies if that is the route they wish to take.

 

“It would make sense in terms of some of the doors that could be opened by PIF,” Eales explained. “They invest in a number of countries globally. I also think when you look at a country like Saudi Arabia with a young population, 36m and growing… there is some natural affinity there in terms of the commercial value of having an association with Newcastle. 

 

“For us, we’re looking globally. The reality is the Premier League is the number one league in the world in all sports. It’s just incredible its reach. That is a great advantage when you’re talking to brands. When you layer on top of that the exciting journey we’re on with Newcastle - the history, heritage, passion of the fan base, it really does give us some great opportunities. 

 

“The rules are there for fair market value [not to stop us being sponsored by Saudi companies] and the days are gone of it just being advertising and a name on the shirt."

 

Newcastle desperately need to boost income as they are restricted by FFP after spending more than £200m net on players in just two transfer windows.

 

“On FFP, the reality is we have some challenges. I like to think of opportunities and that helps guide our strategy.

 

“It’s something we are looking at now. In the year since the takeover you have seen all the changes there have been under the new owners in terms of infrastructure so we have already laid the bedrock in what we need to do in terms of delivering on commercial. 

 

“We have a long way to go, but I’m excited. Around the world of football, there is a focus on this club. 

 

“Newcastle United has an exciting storyline. It’s a club with a great history but one that hasn’t won a European trophy since 1969 or domestic one since 1955. Yet the fans still turn out and that is unique. That is something that we’ve got here that is really special and that is going to be really attractive to commercial sponsors.

 

“Hence, I’ve already felt, we are a club on a journey and part of the attraction for commercial brands is coming on that journey and being able to say they were onboard at the start.

 

“It’s not all going to happen at once but we can put the building blocks in place and we have some natural advantages that this is such a great football club.”

 

It is this drive for new commercial deals that has seen Newcastle appoint former Arsenal executive Peter Silverstone as their chief commercial officer.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2022/10/12/newcastle-unleash-commercial-might-raft-new-sponsorship-deals/

[Pete]

Can we be dead good again, win a couple more titles and then fuck it all off once Jurgen retires? 

[Carra_is_legend]

2 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

I can just see fat cunt Samuel whooping for joy at this news. What a fucking load of drivel;  flexing their new found financial muscles and global appeal, with the search on for a new shirt, training ground, training kit and a host of other sponsors?

 

Newcastle United will soon be able to unleash the full benefits of their takeover by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund as they look to attract a string of lucrative sponsors.

 

Although he has only been in the job for seven weeks, chief executive Darren Eales has been working on deals that, he hopes, will greatly improve revenue streams at St James’ Park.

 

Those deals may well include sponsorship by companies who are linked to Saudi Arabia and in particular those in which PIF already invests.

 

Eales, who returned to England this summer after leading the creation of MLS franchise Atlanta United, insisted Financial Fair Play rules, which were tightened in this country immediately after the Saudi takeover was completed last year, ensured Newcastle could not behave in the same way as Chelsea and Manchester City did.

 

But that will not stop Newcastle flexing their new found financial muscles and global appeal, with the search on for a new shirt, training ground, training kit and a host of other sponsors.

 

“The reality is we aren’t like Manchester City when they had the takeover or even Chelsea,” said Eales, who was speaking to the media for the first time. “We haven’t got a blank sheet of paper where you can just spend what you want. 

 

“There are regulations in place, so we have to get from A to B in a smart way. In a way, it's not that different from building a club from scratch at Atalanta. Yes, you’ve got a vision of where you want to be, you have a strategy, but it takes time

 

“It’s always going to be evolving. We’re going a little bit from a low bar. It's going to be incremental, it’s not going to be just flicking a switch. I joke it’s like a 130-year-old start-up.”

 

Newcastle are also considering selling naming rights for St James’ Park but will only do so after a thorough consultation with fans and Eales stressed there is nothing to stop them agreeing contracts with a myriad of Saudi companies if that is the route they wish to take.

 

“It would make sense in terms of some of the doors that could be opened by PIF,” Eales explained. “They invest in a number of countries globally. I also think when you look at a country like Saudi Arabia with a young population, 36m and growing… there is some natural affinity there in terms of the commercial value of having an association with Newcastle. 

 

“For us, we’re looking globally. The reality is the Premier League is the number one league in the world in all sports. It’s just incredible its reach. That is a great advantage when you’re talking to brands. When you layer on top of that the exciting journey we’re on with Newcastle - the history, heritage, passion of the fan base, it really does give us some great opportunities. 

 

“The rules are there for fair market value [not to stop us being sponsored by Saudi companies] and the days are gone of it just being advertising and a name on the shirt."

 

Newcastle desperately need to boost income as they are restricted by FFP after spending more than £200m net on players in just two transfer windows.

 

“On FFP, the reality is we have some challenges. I like to think of opportunities and that helps guide our strategy.

 

“It’s something we are looking at now. In the year since the takeover you have seen all the changes there have been under the new owners in terms of infrastructure so we have already laid the bedrock in what we need to do in terms of delivering on commercial. 

 

“We have a long way to go, but I’m excited. Around the world of football, there is a focus on this club. 

 

“Newcastle United has an exciting storyline. It’s a club with a great history but one that hasn’t won a European trophy since 1969 or domestic one since 1955. Yet the fans still turn out and that is unique. That is something that we’ve got here that is really special and that is going to be really attractive to commercial sponsors.

 

“Hence, I’ve already felt, we are a club on a journey and part of the attraction for commercial brands is coming on that journey and being able to say they were onboard at the start.

 

“It’s not all going to happen at once but we can put the building blocks in place and we have some natural advantages that this is such a great football club.”

 

It is this drive for new commercial deals that has seen Newcastle appoint former Arsenal executive Peter Silverstone as their chief commercial officer.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2022/10/12/newcastle-unleash-commercial-might-raft-new-sponsorship-deals/

This translates to:

 

Sports washing or money laundering, it needs a couple of years to set the platform - e.g. 'lucrative' sponsors suddenly waiting in the queue to sponsor a club they didn't care about for half a decade.

[RedKnight]

Aramco suddenly gonna develop a deep interest in Tyneside based football.

[Manny]

“May be” linked to Saudi companies.

 

Fucking “will certainly be” more like. Still though. Loveable Newcastle back where they belong after their mid-table hell, despite being a mid-table (or worse) side for most of their existence. But the fans get their man chebs out so passhun innit.

[Bobby Hundreds]

They belong in the fucking Bin.

[Captain Turdseye]

Seen the title of this thread @Paul?

 

 

Giving @dave u all the credit for nicking my ingenious wordplay and sticking it in the write-up.
 

I haven’t been stewing on this for ages. Honestly. 

[Captain Turdseye]

THE TAGS ARE MINE AS WELL. 

[dave u]

40 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Seen the title of this thread @Paul?

 

 

Giving @dave u all the credit for nicking my ingenious wordplay and sticking it in the write-up.
 

I haven’t been stewing on this for ages. Honestly. 

 

It's ok mate, I stole a line of his too and used it in last week's round up to even up the score.

[Johnlj]

Fat Dunc sitting around fapping somewhere, along with his “Nephew”

[dockers_strike]

Eddie Howe attempting to take the moral high ground about Jurgen and his comments about 3 clubs can do financially what they want in the torygraph.

 

And as sure as night follows day, we have the usual made up chelsea nonesense in the comments section :

 

There's so much pearl clutching and faux outrage at what Klopp said, it's hilarious.

Liverpool benefitted from the Littlewoods money in the 60s, 70s and 80s;

 

I sometimes wish I paid the torygraph's subscription so as to be able to answer this shite instead of using a hack to get round their paywall for free to just read it.

 

No, Liverpool didnt have Littlewoods money through the 60s, 70s and 80s. We had a fiscally tight transfer budget and 25 years of additional money via an average 45000+ home gate with European club football while chelsea, city, newcastle and a few others were either lounging around in the 2nd Division, fighting First Division relegation battles or pissing money up the wall paying £3m transfer fees for absolute no marks from Wolves.

[etho]

1 hour ago, dockers_strike said:

Eddie Howe attempting to take the moral high ground about Jurgen and his comments about 3 clubs can do financially what they want in the torygraph.

 

And as sure as night follows day, we have the usual made up chelsea nonesense in the comments section :

 

There's so much pearl clutching and faux outrage at what Klopp said, it's hilarious.

Liverpool benefitted from the Littlewoods money in the 60s, 70s and 80s;

 

I sometimes wish I paid the torygraph's subscription so as to be able to answer this shite instead of using a hack to get round their paywall for free to just read it.

 

No, Liverpool didnt have Littlewoods money through the 60s, 70s and 80s. We had a fiscally tight transfer budget and 25 years of additional money via an average 45000+ home gate with European club football while chelsea, city, newcastle and a few others were either lounging around in the 2nd Division, fighting First Division relegation battles or pissing money up the wall paying £3m transfer fees for absolute no marks from Wolves.

Had to Google this to believe it, it's almost worse than anything Guardiola could say, what an absolute snivelling little cunt of a human.

 

[gkmacca]

Eddie Howe, the Lord Haw Haw of the 21st Century. It's sad this amoral little git gets any air time at all. He's gone from his initial 'I know nuffink' pose to some kind of proud tub-thumping PR man for a country of crooks. He deserves to sample what naughty boys get in his adopted regime.

[manwiththestick]

3 hours ago, gkmacca said:

Eddie Howe, the Lord Haw Haw of the 21st Century. It's sad this amoral little git gets any air time at all. He's gone from his initial 'I know nuffink' pose to some kind of proud tub-thumping PR man for a country of crooks. He deserves to sample what naughty boys get in his adopted regime.

As soon as he gets the club to a certain level he'll be fucked off for a big name manager to attract the bigger players, until then he can keep being the PR patsy whist sleeping soundly dreaming of his severance package.

[waddy78]

3 hours ago, gkmacca said:

Eddie Howe, the Lord Haw Haw of the 21st Century. It's sad this amoral little git gets any air time at all. He's gone from his initial 'I know nuffink' pose to some kind of proud tub-thumping PR man for a country of crooks. He deserves to sample what naughty boys get in his adopted regime.

Probably does know nothing he looks thick as fuck to be honest, "I know Nuffin guv" they need to get from A to B without breaking ffp once they get to B Eddie will be out ffp will go out the window and the Saudi's will outspend them all it will make City and Psg look like Wrexham.