Newcastle United have designs on being the kind of club that can do the biggest deals in football, but they may get their way in a manner they don’t really want.
If the club agree to Manchester United’s demands for Jesse Lingard, which involve a bonus of £12m if Newcastle stay up, it would work out at being worth £1m a week for four months. That would make the 29-year-old the most expensive player in the world, at least until May.
