They meet Sunday afternoon to compare notes. The two Uniteds of Newcastle and Manchester standing side by side. Only one place and one point separates them. The Red Devils fifth and Magpies sixth.
Both allegedly spoilt little rich boys with our United supposedly carrying the title 'the richest club in the world.' Reality is quite another matter of course. The gap is as wide as the A1 is long. The Mags have an awful lot of flying to do to catch up with the Devils in terms of financial clout in the transfer marketplace.
Take their respective outlays. No fewer than nine of the current Manchester United squad have cost £50m or more. In total their arrival set back Old Trafford by a mighty £569.32m.
