Newcastle United learn £218m PSR bombshell after Aston Villa move blocked
Ciaran Kelly
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Newcastle United would be able to spend a great deal more – if clubs were allowed to make the percentage of losses they were when PSR rules were first introduced.
That is according to football finance expert Kieran Maguire after permitted losses have failed to rise in line with inflation since the rules were voted in back in 2013. Although Premier League clubs are trialling squad cost regulations and top to bottom anchoring in shadow, they remain restricted to losses of £105m over a rolling three-year period.
Aston Villa’s proposal to increase the limit to £135m was shot down last summer; Liverpool CEO Billy Hogan ‘didn’t see the sense in making that change’ while Brighton chief Paul Barber said that the prospect of ‘arguing about wanting to lose more money’ was ‘not one that any of us should sign up to’. Aston Villa were able to point to guidance from the Bank of England, who said the figure should be closer to £143m if general inflation was taken into account, yet Maguire has worked out it should actually be higher.
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“It seems fair yet it was rejected,” he told the Price of Football. “Now why it was rejected was because all decisions being made are being made on a self-interest short-term basis. It makes sense from Villa’s perspective. The Aston Villa owners have invested heavily in players, in coaching staff and so on.
“So I got out my trusted spreadsheet and what I did is I said, ‘Right, why was this figure of £105m introduced in the first place?’ I’ve done a lot of research and it just appears to be a number plucked from nowhere so I said, ‘If it was deemed to be sustainable then let’s look at it in terms of metrics’.
“The losses of £105m based on the revenues of a club in 2013 were 29.4%. So what the Premier League said is if you are able to be sustainable, you are allowed to lose 29.4% of the total money that you bring in but if we move that forward to the most recent set of financials, that 29.4% drops to 14.1%. If the Premier League was saying that 29.4% was a valid figure, let’s work that out based on current revenues and, according to my figures, clubs should be allowed to lose £218m over three years and they would be in exactly the same position as they were in 2013.”
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Newcastle United WAG posts cute two-word message to Magpies’ Champions League chase
Newcastle United are close to securing a Champions League spot in the Premier League – and Sandro Tonali has been integral to the Magpies’ form.
Newcastle United are close to putting a cherry on top of what, so far, has been the season to end all seasons. The Magpies are just one more win away from ensuring it’s the Champions League they grace next season, rather than the Europa League, or even Conference League.
Were Newcastle to seal the deal and finish anywhere in the top five places, they will qualify for the Champions League for only the fifth time in their history, the second time in two years. Of course, the Magpies made memories in the Group of Death last time out, with AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain dispatching of United at the group stage. But this time, with a new format, there will be even more games, points, memories and revenue on offer.
It would be some end to the season, especially after the Magpies ended their 70-year domestic trophy drought in March, beating Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley to win the Carabao Cup.
Sandro Tonali – from No.8 to No.6
One player integral in Newcastle’s remarkable run of form since early December in all competitions has been Sandro Tonali. The Italian, quite possibly, and Eddie Howe’s call to drop him from a No.8 into the No.6, might well be the major turning point of the whole of the 2024/25 campaign.
Tonali continued his form, netting his sixth goal of the season in Sunday’s crucial 2-0 victory over Chelsea. That result put the Magpies right in the driving seat not only to secure their Champions League slot, but also left the prospect of their highest Premier League finish since the mid-1990s within their own grasp. Newcastle currently sit third in the table with two games to play. United will finish second, behind only Liverpool, if they win their remaining two games of the season – at Arsenal and at home to Everton.
And showing her support for the player on the pitch, Tonali’s other half, Juliette Pastore took to social media to show her support for the Magpies’ midfield maestro, as shown below in the image.
Juliette Pastore shared this image of Sandro Tonali in action for Newcastle United in the Premier League clash with Chelsea at St James’ Park.Juliette Pastore shared this image of Sandro Tonali in action for Newcastle United in the Premier League clash with Chelsea at St James’ Park.
Juliette Pastore shared this image of Sandro Tonali in action for Newcastle United in the Premier League clash with Chelsea at St James’ Park. | Instagram
In a post to her Instagram she showed a shot of Tonali, in the heat of battle, with the words ‘my man’ sitting right next to him on the St James’ Park pitch.
Who is Juliette Pastore, Sandro Tonali’s girlfriend?
Tonali and Pastore first met in 2019, while he was still a player in Serie B with Brescia. While we all know Tonali’s talents, Pastore, too, is also popular in her own right. She boasts more than 123,000 followers on Instagram alone, and could well be classed as an influencer.
She regularly shares shots of her modelling work for the likes of DoDo Jewels and Intimissimi, as well as showing shots of food and fashion from across her travels in Europe. Pastore is also a fashion entrepreneur, who owns her own clothing label called Juliette.24 Club.
The pair are engaged to be married, with Tonali proposing to Pastore earlier this year. Pastore confirmed the pair will wed in July this year.
