We had a report out earlier today in which Udinese director Pierpaolo Marino claims that the English Premier League is about to be canceled.
He’s likely to know what’s going on since his family also owns Wafoted.
If this announcement takes place, it will be a financial hit to Premier League clubs because they will lose some of the broadcast and commercial revenues for not completing the full 38 game season.
Newcastle earned around £120M last season, and we are again in 13th place, so taking 29/38th of that gives us about £91.6M, so that’s almost a £30M hit to broadcast revenues.
That’s enough for Mike Ashley (shown above) to cry poor and restrict the transfer funds Steve Bruce will get this summer.
But Newcastle are in decent financial shape, mainly because the owner is unwilling to spend the club’s money to buy the best players.
But there’s also a real chance that the Saudi Arabia PIF fund, part of a consortium led by Amanda Staveley, could buy Newcastle this summer.
That’s what we are hoping for.
It makes it easier for them to do the deal because with the season canceled, it means that Newcastle will be a Premier League club next season.
We are doing somersaults in the front room or anything like that because Mike Ashley is so unpredictable.
But there a decent to good chance it will happen.
The PIF took an 8.2% stake in Carnival Cruise Line, and in that Financial Times report, it was stated they will be making various acquisitions in the coming weeks.
We hope it does, then Newcastle can start a new era with Ashley finally gone.
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28 comments so far
IrishRob
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:42 AM
Comment #1I get we all want to see it start up again and try to remain positive about it. But anyone that believes it’s not gonna be cancelled is living in cookoo land.
RobLeenio
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:45 AM
Comment #2Tsunki from previous “but the argument about judging Bruce harshly from the off doesn’t scan”
Well, as I say I judged him harshly from the off but when I saw that the team was doing ok in terms of results, I decided to give him a break.
Others chose not to, but my point is that this was harsh, given the way we were climbing the league.
We’ll not agree on this, I know, but for folk to have called him a ‘failed manager’ or to slag off his performance to this point is a touch unfair. Had the PL not been suspended, there would still have been an opportunity for his team to finish higher with a better points total than Rafa’s team.
Anyway, just a debate at the end of the day! Peace!
RobLeenio
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:49 AM
Comment #3I’m fairly sure if there was a desire to do so, and if strict rules were put in place and with the correct levels of planning at the appropriate time, matches could happen in a remote location like St George’s Park in a tournament style.
Would it be ideal? No, but then what is ideal currently?
Players would have to be self-isolating for a fortnight before the tournament started, be symptom-free for that time, be housed in dedicated team lodgings with strict social distancing measures implemented and transported to the ground in a bubble. It wouldn’t be easy but should be acheivable.
Big Bruce Stars.
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:52 AM
Comment #4Jib – hur hur. Top debating skills from you again. Brick through bog window then run away debating skills that is.
Big Bruce Stars.
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:53 AM
Comment #5Certainly Bruce had the chance of beating his career odds and being successful. But TBF his career stacked the odds against.
Big Bruce Stars.
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:54 AM
Comment #6MGM you keep bringing up the same daft never-makes-sense arguments. It’s obvious you are poking the embers.
Munster Mag
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:54 AM
Comment #7Would these money grabbing premier league teams ever give it up. Cancel the bloody league !!!!!!
DubaiMicky
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:56 AM
Comment #8From previous, we’ve had three of the top ten managers in the EPL, and still won nowt!
It’s the hope….
Big Bruce Stars.
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:57 AM
Comment #9I think rather than doing nothing or constantly murmuring about it the league should do the penalty shootouts thing. Get the season over with already. I’m sure there’d be a TV audience for it. And the poor, unfortunate betting companies would be able to scrape enough out of it to feed their starving children and put shoes on their feet. Everybody wins. Except those who draw or lose.
Munster Mag
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:59 AM
Comment #10Tsunki, you should have been given Billsons avatar. Would suit you to a tee, if you hadnt chosen to denigrate the NUFC manager ( cos you’re a lousy bastard) by sporting red and white colours.
I’ll try to stop talking about Benitez now, although its fun showing up an arrogant sod like you with an imbalanced and flawed argument.
IrishRob
Apr 8, 2020 at 10:59 AM
Comment #11Neil would you do a poll just to see how people stand on a restart or cancellation? It be interesting to see others opinions.
IrishRob
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM
Comment #12Or Ed!
geordietom
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM
Comment #13A married couple was asleep when the telephone rang at two in the morning. The wife (undoubtedly blonde), picked up the telephone, listened a moment, and said, “How should I know, that’s 200 miles from here!” and hung up.
The husband said, “Who was that?”
The wife said, “I don’t know; some woman wanting to know ‘if the coast is clear’.”
Budge123
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM
Comment #14Perhaps a flag with a gun would suit him as a badge?
Jail for Ashley
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:01 AM
Comment #15Football getting better???
SJP had witnessed three consecutive 0-0 draws for the first time in our 128 year history before we beat a Championship second string, just and a ten man Soton who hadn’t won at home in months and have a GD just worse than us. Rewriting history a tad there mind.
IrishRob
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:03 AM
Comment #16Rob I think something like that would be COLOSAL work and organisation. I personally couldn’t see something like that happening in a million years, as cool as it would be though.
geordietom
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:04 AM
Comment #17The most popular car sticker in Sunderland:
A dog is for life, not just for the honeymoon”…
geordietom
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:05 AM
Comment #18How can you tell when a Mackem lass has a orgasm?
She drops her chips
Just a Fat Dave Bassett
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:05 AM
Comment #19I think Norwich deserve to go down & Liverpool to win the league, and the rest could play some sort of play off behind closed doors. Maybe 60 minute games. 1 leg, with penalties. It’s going to be so harsh on Leeds and WBA who will be struggling for cash. This could lead to them staying in championship for years.
geordietom
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:08 AM
Comment #20I actually pulled a Mackem lass many years ago.
She invited me home to meet her mum and sister, it turned out they were the same person
stan anderson
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:08 AM
Comment #21If and I doubt it,a takeover did happen would people be happy to keep cabbage head in charge,or would we sooner have a qualty coach such as Rafa take us on into the future.
Folk still comparing cabbage and Rafa is unreal.
What’s Steve Bruce ever won as a coach,NOWT.
I would sooner have a winner like the Gafa and all his experience.
My opinion.
geordietom
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:09 AM
Comment #22SUNDERLAND twinned with SUNDERLAND
Nobody else wanted owt to do with them.
Why do Mackems lads grow moustaches? They want to be like their mothers!
Just a Fat Dave Bassett
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:09 AM
Comment #23Some sort of royal rumble would be good to watch, like when you used to play pairs when younger. All teams in the relegation/ promotion battle get two players on the pitch at once, and the last three teams go down, the first three go up.
Just a Fat Dave Bassett
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:11 AM
Comment #24Did we ever have a vote on whether Steve Bruce is the man to take us forward? Or a player of season vote? I’d vote for Hayden because he was my guess in Martoon’s predictions game and I want to win.
Rotonda heights
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:13 AM
Comment #25Munster
you must admit agent bruce’s stats in every department and category are appalling and god knows where we would have been without one of our best signings ever in Dubravka
Jib
”BBS I wouldn’t say you are pathetic just a bit too much up your own arse”
Stop it!! How can you say that to anyone else.
geordietom
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:17 AM
Comment #26i’m still confident about the takeover …
geordietom
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:20 AM
Comment #27bus has moved twice…
IrishRob
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:25 AM
Comment #28No Dave we didnt because 99% of us know hes not.