Maybe in a few years time, when Newcastle United is in a head to head battle with Chelsea or Manchester City for the Premier League title, United directors will remember the year 2021 with a smile, but for now, it’s all problems for the world’s richest club. After taking over from English businessman Mike Ashley, PIF group and Amanda Staveley already made a 5.7 billion Ksh investments, just to cover the basic needs for the club, and they are yet to secure a massive Youth Academy and training ground overhaul. As per Newcastle legend Alan Shearer, Newcastle’s training facilities haven’t been upgraded in almost 15 years. But that’s the least of Newcastle’s problems at the moment. They are currently in relegation battle and desperately need new players in January, but could face a boycott from the angry Premier league clubs, according to The Telegraph.Eddie Howe warns his players after being unveiled as Newcastle boss: You will have to suffer!After the takeover was completed, Premier League clubs organized the meeting without Newcastle and were furious why was the deal approved by the league and asked CEO Richard Masters for answers. And now, some of them are determined not to sell their players to Newcastle.„Newcastle will find it hard to buy players from some Premier League clubs in January because they would rather see them relegated than take their cash. Some clubs just won’t sell to them” said once source to The Telegraph and even mentioned the so-called „Anyone but Newcastle“ movement.Newcastle are the only side without a win in the Premier League this season and find themselves 19th, level on points with rock bottom Norwich. After Eddie Howe was appointed manager, it looks that the Magpies have a real chance of surviving, but they need signings. Newcastle can spend as much as 30 billion in January, but according to the reports, they will spent ’only’ around 12 billion and they need a proven Premier League players, which means they will have problems if the „Anyone but Newcastle“ movement is really out there.Newcastle may find it difficult to sign players from PL clubs in January as some are set to operate a ‘Anyone But Newcastle’ policy when it comes to listening to offers… 👀[@Matt_Law_DT]#NUFC pic.twitter.com/0Hmm5Fa0Bl— Don Robbie (@ItsDonRobbie) November 10, 2021 For example, one of the clubs which were angry with the Saudi’s coming in were Burnley and Manchester United and two of their players are realistic targets for Newcastle: James Tarkowski and Jesse Lingard. Both will be free agents in June 2022 and clubs will look to buy them for cheap, but if Burnley and United decide to skip Newcastle no matter the cost, it will be a problem for the Magpies. They cannot afford to buy good, but unproven foreign players, since they are in relegation battle. What they need is a proven sporting director, who has contacts and will be able to surpass this boycott, if he really exists. And they are stalling this decision two, because apparently there are two more candidates.Ramsey swapping one black-and-white shirt for another?After it emerged that former Chelsea and Monaco director Michael Emenalo is in pole position to take over, two more candidates appeared. Ramos Planes, Barcelona’s technical secretary told the club he wants to leave at the end of the season, and Newcastle are interested, according to Marca. Planes has a good reputation in the footballing circles. The 54-year-old previously worked as a technical secretary at Getafe and was at Tottenham Hotspur in 2014-15. The Catalan was the technical secretary at Espanyol between June 2007 and May 2009 before becoming the sporting director of the Spanish club. Another strong candidate is Liverpool’s Michael Edwards, a very popular executive, who will also leave the Reds at the end of the season. Emenalo is the strongest candidate, and the only one to actually talk to the new owners, but as long as Newcastle stalls the decision, there will be rumors in the press. They need a new director quickly, and he will have to deal with „Anyone but Newcastle“ movement.
