‘The idea that those pockets are bottomless and you can take money out of them any time you want, that’s gone.’
After a quiet January transfer window where, despite a congested fixture list, Newcastle didn’t sign a single player has led to fears on Tyneside that their majority owners, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), is losing interest in the club.
Spending has been reduced across the PIFs sporting slate, including the postponement of ambitious plans to host the 2019 Asian Winter Games.
Could the reason for this financial pull back be due to an external factor or is it genuinely a loss of interest in sport?
The Football Weekly panel discuss.
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