Menu
Franchises

Newcastle Manager Rafa Benítez 'Expecting The Money' Promised By Ashley

Premier League side Newcastle Mangaer Rafa Benítez told Owner Mike Ashley that he must honor "the cash promises he made in the summer" to protect the club's EPL status, according to Martin Hardy of the London INDEPENDENT. Ashley was photographed after meeting financier Amanda Staveley "in a curry house" last Wednesday. It "is believed to be the first time the pair have met" as Staveley looks to convince Ashley to sell her the club for £250M ($334M). The Christmas deadline originally favored by Ashley to conclude the sale "has now effectively passed and there is only the possibility of any sort of agreement" before the end of January. That is "potentially a major problem" for Benítez as he "looks to steer Newcastle away from the relegation zone." There was a "major falling out at the club in the summer" when he believed "more should have been spent on players following promotion." A figure of £70M "had been mentioned" following a meeting in Shirebrook with Ashley. Just over £40M "ended up being spent." Benítez: "I'm expecting the money we weren't spending (in the summer) could be available, so hopefully we can sit down and see where we are. I think it's obvious that we have some positions that we have to reinforce" (INDEPENDENT, 12/8).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2017/12/12/Franchises/Newcastle-Rafael-Benitez.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2017/12/12/Franchises/Newcastle-Rafael-Benitez.aspx

CLOSE