'Delusional' - Newcastle United's PIF questioned after costly decision
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Ciaran Morrison
Wed 3 September 2025 17:15, UK
Newcastle United’s PIF ownership group have had their ambitions questioned following a turbulent transfer window.
The Toon were hit by the long-running Alexander Isak saga and his desire to leave the club and not play for Newcastle.
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The Daily Mail [3 September], state that Isak’s exit from the club “asks far wider questions about the Saudis’ commitment to Newcastle.”
They continue: “Their [PIF] arrival was supposed to mark the end of them playing second fiddle to Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United but even though there has been considerable progress, that progress appears to have stalled well short of the summit.
“There has been precious little investment in the training ground.
There has been talk of building a new ground but nothing more.
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“The revisionism that insists that, actually, Newcastle have had a good transfer window is delusional.
They have lost their best player and their status as one of the up-and-coming teams in the league has taken a huge hit.”
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Losing Isak will be a big blow to the club’s ambitions to challenge Europe’s elite, and goes against their message that the 25-year-old was not for sale.
The club have Champions League football to look forward to this season, but Eddie Howe’s squad is weaker for the loss of Isak.
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Newcastle’s owners have struggled against PSR rules, which hit the club hard in the summer window previously, but having sold Isak for a British transfer record, there can now be no excuse for investment if required in the January window.