Imagine where Newcastle United would be had Premier League promotion not been immediately secured in 2017?
Lee Charnley, the Magpies’ former managing director, answered that question one year later. Speaking to the Independent in 2018, Mike Ashley’s subordinate opened up about the “gamble” Newcastle took ahead of their Championship-winning campaign.
"It was a one-season gamble," Charnley said. "In terms of what we did, it was not sustainable, either from a cash point of view and also from a financial fair play point of view.
