Eddie Howe on Newcastle’s Trophy Dreams & Financial Realities (despite being the richest club in world)
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Eddie Howe discussed the pressure he felt due to Amanda Staveley’s ambitious statement made after Newcastle United’s Carabao Cup final defeat.
Eddie Howe said “The vision is absolutely to win major trophies at Newcastle. That’s been made clear not just by Amanda Staveley, but by several other people at board level. There are big long-term ambitions and I think they understand now, with the rules that are in place, that they really are long-term rather than short-term. But that’s just Amanda, she’s so passionate. I can’t tell you how good she is for the football club and she’s so caring about the people at the club. I never think, ‘you shouldn’t have said that.’”
Eddie Howe addressed the misconception about Newcastle United’s financial situation under their new ownership from Saudi Arabia’s PIF.
Eddie Howe said “The fact that we’re the world’s richest club is something that has never been talked about internally. The conversation has never been, ‘right, we’re the world’s richest club, how much money are we going to spend?’ We want to build Newcastle step-by-step; we want to do things in the right way, and we want to make good decisions for the club in both the short and long-term. There isn’t an endless pot of money. The decision making from the leaders of the football club has been brilliant. The media have created the narrative around us being the richest club and that we’re going to go out and buy Lionel Messi. The reality has been so far from that.”
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