Newcastle have been warned that they cannot ‘just buy success’, and their supporters are accused of living in ‘dreamland’ if they believe they can now sign the world’s top players by former defender Jonathan Woodgate.
The club’s Saudi Arabia-backed takeover was approved last week, bringing an end to the tumultuous ownership of Mike Ashley, and the mega £305million deal has sparked hopes they will soon be a new footballing superpower.
Indeed, the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Philippe Coutinho and Timo Werner have been linked with moves to St James’ Park, but Woodgate has looked to bring the club crashing back down to earth with his latest comments.
Newcastle have been warned they ‘can’t just buy success’ despite their recent £305m takeover
Supporters celebrated the deal outside St James’ Park, but are accused of being in ‘dreamland’
He has also insisted it is already ‘difficult’ to bring players in at Newcastle, and believes that the takeover has heralded in a long-term project.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Friday Football Social, Woodgate, who played on Tyneside in 2003, said: ‘If you look at it and what they (the owners) have to do, they have to build the infrastructure from the bottom over the years.
‘If any player has got anything about him, he goes to Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United. No disrespect to Newcastle, he ain’t going up the road to them.
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‘It is hard enough trying to get players up to the North East, I know playing for Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Leeds, it is difficult to get players up there.
‘All the top players have got money, they want to win trophies, they want to play in European finals, they want to get to World Cups, they don’t want to come to Newcastle. No disrespect but I am right.
‘Alan Shearer was a world-class player and signed for Newcastle because he is from Newcastle, he wanted to fulfil a dream. There are not…
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