Newcastle United owners look to grow team to multi-club ownership
By Cade Cracas
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In October of 2021, The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia purchased an 80% stake in Newcastle United, bolstering the funds for the club.
Now, over a year and a half later, Newcastle is looking to continue to grow the club’s ownership after the team has found tremendous success in the 2022-2023 season behind manager Eddie Howe.
Bloomberg News has recently reported that 777 Partners LLC is considering raising new capital to back its portfolio of football clubs and has held talks with the Newcastle United owners about making a potential investment.
This investment group has reportedly connected with five other groups in hopes of raising funds and growing team ownership. If this were to happen, Newcastle United could move into multi-club ownership.
This would allow for the growth of funds, exposure and even recruiting for Newcastle.
With Newcastle United potentially moving into such a field, other multi-club owners include Paul Conway’s Pacific Media Group, John Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings LLC and Abu Dhabi’s City Football Group Ltd., the owner of Premier League champion Manchester City FC, according to Bloomberg.
While some may be wondering, why pick Newcastle, the reason is that Newcastle is not going to cost billions, and is one of the top up-and-coming teams.
Other teams that are atop of the Premier League table and drawing as much attention as Newcastle such as Tottenham, Manchester City and United, Arsenal or even Liverpool cost billions of dollars to invest into.
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While this report is still in the early works, it is not outlandish to think that Newcastle United could attempt to grow its ownership as the club continues to find both league play and domestic success.
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