So why should you buy Newcastle United?

Potential – that’s why. This is a club that has won nothing for 40 years yet still competes with the bigger Premiership clubs on attendances. This is a club that was relegated with the highest average attendances in a season. Admittedly it will never be a Manchester United or a Real Madrid but that’s not the kind of club Newcastle is.

Newcastle is about the fans and the city of Newcastle. It’s about the dream of winning something. The optimism. The celebration of “almost” winning a trophy. The backs against the wall attitude when the inevitable disaster happens.

This season has seen Newcastle start well and they look a lot better than most of the other teams in the Championship. The other two relegated clubs are also at the top and that’s no coincidence. There is a big chance that Newcastle will win promotion if they keep their remaining players and don’t get too many injuries. So, why not take a risk with them? Anyone buying them now will be acquiring a club for approximately £200 million, that’s including debt and player’s wages.

If they do get promoted, then for less than three times the cost of Ronaldo the buyer has themselves a Premiership club with the third biggest stadium in England, the best of football training facilities and a fantastic youth academy. But most of all they have great fans who will make a god of anyone who lifts them out of the doom and gloom of the Ashley era.