He was the last player I thought would miss out when the money train arrived to Newcastle.
Allan Saint-Maximin - Confirms departure
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UnofficialDevil
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"expected to join Al-Ahli in the Saudi Pro League, run by the country's Public Investment Fund (PIF) - which also owns Newcastle."https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66347973
Allan Saint-Maximin confirms Newcastle departure before expected Saud Arabia move
Why would the owners want this move?
padzilla
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There's a suggestion this is Newcastle getting around FFP by moving a player to a club that has the same owner and use the cash to invest in the team that wouldn't have been allowed otherwise.
I can't say I blame them but some have suggested he'll be loaned back quickly, I would be amazed if they were so brazen.
On the other hand, it's a sign of the progress they have quickly made that he is now seen as surplus.
I can't say I blame them but some have suggested he'll be loaned back quickly, I would be amazed if they were so brazen.
On the other hand, it's a sign of the progress they have quickly made that he is now seen as surplus.
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There's a suggestion this is Newcastle getting around FFP by moving a player to a club that has the same owner and use the cash to invest in the team that wouldn't have been allowed otherwise.
I can't say I blame them but some have suggested he'll be loaned back quickly, I would be amazed if they were so brazen.
On the other hand, it's a sign of the progress they have quickly made that he is now seen as surplus.
They are hugely restricted not by FFP but the new FSP where you can only spend 90% of your turnover on Transfers, expenses, Wages, Financials and Agent Fees from this season onwards with turnover maybe increasing last year to £220m even with hooky sponsorship, they can only spend £200m And their wages is rapidly increasing to £125m per season.
I read they had about £70m they could spend and so far they’ve spent £98.8m and recouped £15m, of course selling academy players will help but previously under FFP they were more than ok to spend on transfers. Next season their overall turnover might increase to £300m because of CL and stadia expansion but the FSP reduces to 80% so they have to be product, had City been regulated like this 15 years ago, they probably would t be facing 115 EPL charges
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Guess I was wrong about him. Bags of dribbling ability but to end up in Saudi in your mind 20s is a sad state of affairs for him.
Would've liked to see him go somewhere in Europe.
Would've liked to see him go somewhere in Europe.
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€25m (21m pounds), it was said that we are looking for another winger. If that is his price it's a no brainer, we should go for him.
This tweet is a joke. Don't they share owners? What convincing they want?
A transfer like this should be considered as 0 fee.
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This tweet is a joke. Don't they share owners? What convincing they want?
A transfer like this should be considered as 0 fee.
He's basically been transferred to another branch of the company.
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This is the problem with modern day football. It's a bit like the Sesko transfer from one branch of Red Bull to another. Football has lost its soul.He's basically been transferred to another branch of the company.
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