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Finance Expert: PIF could be about to invest £100m as Newcastle plan revealed

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(Credit: Imago) Wed 29 April 2026 7:00, UK Newcastle United’s owners could be set to invest up to £100million to help fund the club’s new training ground. Financial MetricValueTotal Revenue£335mCommercial revenue£123mPre-tax profit£35mWages£243mNewcastle’s accounts for last seasonSpeaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson discussed what Newcastle’s owners investing in a new training ground means for their ambitions moving forward.



“I don’t think it’s that significant,” said Borson. “If you want to look at it that way in terms of for their kind of investment thesis, if they’re looking at it as ‘we’re PIF as a sovereign fund, we’re going to invest in some of our assets’, this is a capital project that’s going to last 25 years.” Why PIF should have built Newcastle training ground soonerBorson revealed he’s surprised PIF didn’t invest in a new training ground immediately after securing its takeover.

“They have the capital to do it, so I don’t think there’s going to be any issue there. “It’s low-hanging fruit for a club like Newcastle, so I don’t think it’s a big surprise that they’re all over that.