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title: "Newcastle United: Magpies ‘well aware’ of Manchester City situation"
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author: "Adam Clancy"
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published: "2023-02-08T17:42:09Z"
modified: "2023-02-08T17:42:09Z"
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# Newcastle United: Magpies ‘well aware’ of Manchester City situation

**An industry insider has shared what [Newcastle United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/) think ‘privately’ about Manchester City’s financial scandal.**

### The Lowdown: Alleged breaches

The Premier League [alleged](https://www.premierleague.com/news/3045970) earlier this week that Man City have broken over 100 of their Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, which could have significant repercussions if found guilty.

Just a couple of these [include](https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/1622545064965586944) points deductions and even expulsion from the league, with City themselves claiming that they were ‘[surprised](https://www.mancity.com/news/club/club-statement-premier-league-63811282)‘ at the allegations, but welcome the investigation.

The news would have no doubt alerted some of the Premier League’s other richest clubs, including Newcastle, who saw a Saudi-backed takeover go through in 2021, with PIF having assets of [£2.5bn](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58826899).

### The Latest: Newcastle ‘well aware’

Speaking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/revealed-newcastle-uniteds-private-reaction-to-man-city-financial-controversy-sources/), Richard Busby, who is an industry insider and CEO of BDS Sponsorship, one of Europe’s leading commercialisation agencies, says that ‘privately’, the St. James’ Park outfit are ‘well aware’ of City’s situation, and are being ‘very sensible’, insisting that they do not want to go down the same path:

*“With regards to City specifically, I don’t know a great deal besides the extensive information that is already in the public domain.*

*“What I do know is that, privately, Newcastle particularly are well aware of it. I know from some of their comments that they don’t want to get into this situation.*

*“Newcastle are being very sensible and saying: ‘We don’t want to go down this route’.”*

### The Verdict: Smart business

The spotlight will inevitably turn on the North East club given their financial backing, but they have conducted smart business so far.

They they only spent the [eighth-most](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/einnahmenausgaben/wettbewerb/GB1/plus/0?ids=a&sa=&saison_id=2022&saison_id_bis=2022&nat=&pos=&altersklasse=&w_s=s&leihe=&intern=0) of all Premier League clubs in the summer transfer window, and were only the [fifth-highest](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/einnahmenausgaben/wettbewerb/GB1/plus/0?ids=a&sa=&saison_id=2022&saison_id_bis=2022&nat=&pos=&altersklasse=&w_s=w&leihe=&intern=0) spenders in January.

They have only broken their transfer record [once](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/newcastle-united/transferrekorde/verein/762) since the takeover, which was the signing of striker Alexander Isak in the summer, and find themselves in a respectable [fourth](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/tabelle/wettbewerb/GB1/saison_id/2022) place in the Premier League table.

Nonetheless, the Magpies have been smart with their spending when they could have easily blown more money, and are clearly watching themselves in terms of FFP, even more so now with the allegations against City.

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