Can't help but see that Newcastle takeover has put the familiar American ownerships (Joe Lewis/Levy/Spurs too) arses into panic mode. Landscape not helped at all with Roman being replaced with Bohely.
Us finishing 4th last season ahead of Liverpool, Spurs, Man U was probably considered a full-on act of war.
Jamie Reuben did a podcast interview at the end of last season and said that the reception from one particular club was far from welcoming. To the point representatives/higher-ups were being openly hostile and aggressive to Staveley whilst she was in their company watching the game. Hasn't taken too much to read between the lines, and conclude it was during a 2-1 win at Spurs!
This summer's introduction of fair market value was a direct response to our announcement of SELA (Saudi events company) as a shirt sponsor. Signing up with Adidas as one of their lead brands for next season can't have gone down too well either.
The spotlight on multi-club ownership has come about from the familiar names going into a January window without a pot to piss in when it comes to FFP, and shit scared Newcastle were going to be suddenly donated a raft of talent from Saudi. Which was never, ever the case, or ever going to be.
The American ownerships can't be too happy with your guy's carry on, but their current panic will be the current FFP model's ability to hold back the money waiting to be spent into Newcastle. The damn will burst, and it's not as strong as they like. The thought of Newcastle being able to spend another £300M on their squad scares them - as they know we'll not spunk it up the wall and still finish 8th.