A few days ago, Newcastle's team reporter Luke Edwards exclusively reported that Newcastle had ruled out the possibility of making big signings in this summer window, and strictly limited the transfer budget of this summer window, and even the budget amount may be lower than this year. The £90 million invested in the winter window is just under £60 million.
Since Newcastle was acquired by a Saudi consortium in October last year, Newcastle has become one of the richest clubs in the world. Newcastle's owner's personal wealth has reached a staggering £320 billion, ranking first among the world's football owners. The second-placed Manchester City boss is more than 10 times higher.
Therefore, countless media believe that Newcastle will become the third local club after Chelsea and Manchester City to attract players by waving money. , 4 of which are permanent transfers. Guimaraes, who was introduced with 42.1 million euros, is the target of the giants' attention. Now Newcastle has quickly stepped out of the relegation circle and ranked 14th in the Premier League.
Just when many media believed that Newcastle would invest further and become a team competing for European qualification in the Premier League, Newcastle suddenly cut investment and reduced the transfer budget to 60 million pounds. You must know that England's football economics experts once assessed the possibility of Newcastle's transfer budget and believed that under the premise of complying with financial fairness laws, Newcastle could invest up to nearly 200 million pounds in each transfer window for reinforcement. Healy has left Newcastle in a very healthy financial position.
"캡주소" believes that Chelsea's experience has made the local tyrants in the Middle East vigilant. They are afraid that their assets will suffer the same fate as Chelsea, so they hope to adopt a more pragmatic investment strategy. When acquiring Newcastle, the Saudi consortium has spent 300 million pounds, In the summer window this year, Newcastle's boss is only willing to invest 60 million pounds in fees, and the remaining costs require Newcastle to raise funds by selling players.
Since March this year, Chelsea's owner Abramovich has authorized the Rennes Group to sell all of Chelsea's shares, and the proceeds from the sale of shares will not be returned to Abramovich, but will be donated to charities by the local government. Assets, the local tyrants in the Middle East believe that local investment in England is already unsafe, and there are disputes between the Saudi consortium and England on oil production and oil prices. They are more worried about the safety of their assets in England, so they are not willing to Continue to invest as originally planned, but adopt a more pragmatic attitude, hoping that Newcastle can achieve self-sufficiency.
In fact, The Athletic magazine reported yesterday that in the process of acquiring Chelsea, the Saudi consortium offered the highest price, reaching £2.7 billion, but it was not shortlisted among the four finalists. The four finalists were all European and American consortiums. consortium.
If the report is true, then the influence of England's freezing of Abramovich's assets and the sale of Chelsea has begun to show. Except for European and American capital, few teams are willing to increase their investment in Premier League teams.