Yeah, there are more facets to this than just money.Cjay wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:37 pm I do wonder how many managers and players will be actually put off by the takeover?
Think about it.
This is the most controversial takeover in football, it is coming under scrutiny from not just fooball people but human rights groups, politicians, and other world media outside of football.
If you join Newcastle you wont just be asked about football in interviews you will be asked about the Saudi regime.
Any time something controversial about Saudi Arabia comes out, when Amnesty drop another bombshell (which they inevitably will) every year when the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder comes round, whenever his fiance speaks, you will be asked your view, its inevitable.
You become the public face of the Saudi regime.
For a football person who are generally not that bright that must be a terrifying prospect, one wrong quote could ruin your entire career.
Everyone looks at the positives for Newcastle FC but imo this may not be as simple as they think.
But I wouldn't think that 90% of players will give that any more than 5 milliseconds consideration when the carrot's dangled in front of them and their agent
Different topic, but look at the behaviour of the Citeh players and others during the Covid pandemic, jetting off to London to spend their hard-earned millions on prostitutes. Not the sharpest tools in the box
For a top level coach you would expect that they fully consider the magnitude of a decision to lead Newcastle and by default be the face of the regime that owns the club. But as others have said "Money Talks" and you can guarantee that there will be plenty of top level coaches attracted by the wages and the resources that will be made available to them.
The response to questions about Saudi Arabia, etc, I guess would be "No comment, or, I'm here in a football management position and will only reply to questions regarding football". You'd expect Newcastle's management will have any coach, player, etc, reading from the same script when addressing any awkward questions, so it's not gonna be a surprise, or something they can't manage effectively.