Newcastle United are planning to be in the conversation for “top club in the world” as soon as 2030, and will ignore those who laugh at the suggestion, according to new chief executive David Hopkinson.
Canadian Hopkinson spent a long time working overseeing the commercial activities of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors and NHL side the Toronto Maple Leafs, while also having been head of global partnerships at Real Madrid and worked for another basketball outfit, the New York Knicks, but joined Newcastle in September to replace the outgoing Darren Eales.
