Why the world’s media is alarmed at what the Premier League is now allowing

By Tony Attwood The general consensus is simple: Newcastle United is now the the richest football club in the world, Of course it is not their own money earned by having a big stadium packed with fans (as per Arsenal’s 1930s model) or a world-wide marketing system (Manchester United’s approach in the 1960s).  No instead …

Could it be that Newcastle’s success isn’t quite as guaranteed as some imagine?

By Tony Attwood  There are a number of issues floating around the issue of Newcastle’s purchase by Saudi Arabian forces.  Some affect football as a whole, as we have seen, another is that there is opposition to the move within English football, and the other is that the financial structure of English football is out …