Eddie Howe has stressed that Financial Fair Play is 'real' for Newcastle United - just days after rivals Man City were charged with more than 100 alleged breaches of the rules.
Newcastle have spent more than a quarter of a billion pounds on new signings in the last 12 months or so, but outsiders expected the Magpies to go even bigger after the takeover in October, 2021. This was the so-called 'richest club in the world', after all.
However, Newcastle's owners have repeatedly stressed the importance of complying with FFP and those regulations meant the PIF could not splash out in the way they have with, say, LIV Golf. In a week where City were charged by the Premier League with 115 alleged breaches of the top-flight's financial rules - charges which the champions vehemently deny - it is easy to see why Newcastle have been so conscious of sticking to their limits.
