Europe Is Key to Cashing in On the Big Time ; Toon for Sale: Setting Up Stall in the Billionaire's Marketplace Will Be Tough for United Mike Ashley Wants to Sell Newcastle United. Chief Reporter Adam Jupp Spoke to Northumbria University Football Finance Expert Richard Slack About Who the Potential Buyers Are and How Much the Club Would Be Worth

Evening Chronicle › September 16, 2008

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IN terms of who is going to be interested, I would always go back to the fact if you want to make money in the top league, the only way to do that is through European qualification.

Otherwise, you are running a very expensive business and all of the players are on fixed-term contracts.

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Europe Is Key to Cashing in On the Big Time ; Toon for Sale: Setting Up Stall in the Billionaire's Marketplace Will Be Tough for United Mike Ashley Wants to Sell Newcastle United. Chief Reporter Adam Jupp Spoke to Northumbria University Football Finance Expert Richard Slack About Who the Potential Buyers Are and How Much the Club Would Be Worth

You know how much these contracts are worth and so you know what your wage bill is, but the uncertainties are on the income side.

Newcastle is no longer guaranteed a full house at...

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