Premier League: Newcastle United clear to loan Saudi Pro League players after vote - BBC Sport
13 teams voted against it, but were 1 vote short.
How do you think this will impact the league going forward?
Which teams do you think voted in favour of it?
This rule is just for this January transfer window. We will see what happens and then have a clearer picture of what is happening and who is really benefiting from it this January
NUFC fan here and I think there should be a ban on transfers between clubs owned by the same people.
It’s annoying that it’s been massively ignored for years until Ashworth did an interview saying he was aware of the opportunities, but that’s modern football.
Reports Newcastle, Sheff Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Everton, Wolves, Forest voted against.
Also breaking News.
Man U can sign players from Nice Chelsea can sign players from Strasbourg Palace can sign players from Lyon Man City can sign players from 23 clubs around the world.
I know where I’d be looking for good signings in terms of value and ability and it wouldn’t be the Saudi League.
I can’t see Newcastle being that interested in signing 35 year old, past their best, overpaid players like Benzema, Ronaldo, Henderson. It’s a stark contrast to what we’ve seen them do in the transfer market.
Ok we might just about do a loan deal for Neves.
Some absolute bedwetters in here mind. I guess now we know how City fans have felt for years with these moaning bastards.
Sorry that people don’t like murderous dictator states
Queue the “cry more” comments from the Newcastle fans who don’t have a valid response to criticism
Ahh, got it - Chelsea can’t be sponsored by Paramount but Newcastle’s owners can loan themselves players. Excellent.
Cannot wait for this rule which was voted on to stop Newcastle not be used by Newcastle
a) Instead of football teams, there will be groups of clubs owned by the same Sovereign Investment Fund / plc / James Bond villain. The FFP limits will be ammortised for the group, and players transferred at will between group clubs, making a mockery of the FFP regulations.
b) Probably the same clubs who were up for the European breakway league, plus a few who think they can join up at a later date.
c) I give up. Everton thrown (and I’m not a blue) to the wolves over breaking the FFP reg while UK ambassadors emailing the PIF over the Newcastle takeover. Shenanigans with Chelsea, Manchester City, now Spurs. World Cups bought and sold like trinkets for the prestige and junkets for oligarchs, celebs and their hangers on. I give up. It’s not a sport. It’s not a business. It’s not even anything I recognise anymore. It’s just rotten to the core.
I’ll pay a tenner to watch my local club, have a cup of boiling Bovril in the rain, and cheer on a bunch of lads working as joiners and call centre monkeys during the week. Because they’re still footballers, and that’s still football.
I would have thought that keeping all of the expensive talent in the Saudi league is the aim though right? Why pay all that money to raise the standard/profile of your league to send the best of them to Newcastle? Not sure how loaning a player for 6 months or even a year would help Newcastle really? Takes our new signings a while to get up to speed with Eddies training/tactics so not a great move really, it would be better to loan with an option to buy which might end up happening.
Personally hope loans from Saudi don’t happen for any club but these are the rules that the clubs wanted… Along with no automated offsides, seems like the clubs aren’t capable of managing themselves anymore but seems to be the Newcastle fans getting the stick again instead.Doesn’t even need to be the expensive talent in Saudi. Get 4 players signed up to 4 different clubs in the Saudi league, with transfer fees of say circa £50m per player. All 4 are loaned to Newcastle on 2 year loans. FFP works in 3 year cycles (I think?), leaving a huge amount of breathing space for the club’s finances and you’ve signed nearly half an outfield starting 11 in the process. If you really want to push the boundaries of sporting integrity, those players sign for the Saudi clubs on 2 year contracts and have “gentlemans agreements” to sign pre contracts with Newcastle in the months leading to the expiration of their contracts.
It’s open to plenty of abuse if they want it to be.
This really is only an issue if Newcastle brings in players that make them better. No one cares if Newcastle brings in Hendo.
How exactly is this a Newcastle issue when the majority of PL clubs voted against the rule changes? Yet another example that fans shouldnt sit on their high horses as the clubs know they are involved in shady shit
I cant wait to see Neymar and Benzema play for Newcastle lol
Honestly though, as unfair as this is, I always did want to see some of those guys play in the premier league.
Also how stupid is Sheikh Mansour that he never thought of doing this. (Edit, I think this is wrong, but it kind of exposes how much smarter the Saudi ownership is than Sheikh Mansour and his staff.)
This is a joke at this point.
I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you!