NO TIME TO WASTE IF NEWCASTLE ARE TO RISE AFTER THEIR BRAVE NEW DAWN

GOOD old Newcastle United, the gift that keeps on giving.

Just over a week after the takeover euphoria and the delirious masses will descend on St James’ Park today... to cheer on a Steve Bruce team.

And to cheer on a club that, apparently, have ambitions to be amongst the elite but are currently run by a financier, a builder’s son with a stint at QPR on his CV, a keen club golfer and a remnant of the previous, discredited regime.

Amanda Staveley (right), Jamie Reuben, Yasir alRumayyan, and Lee Charnley.

Hardly football administration royalty.

Would you trust this lot to hire a Premier League manager?

After the Saudi Arabian purchase through Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners, comparisons with Manchester City continue to be trotted out.

But remember one thing. From early doors, City had Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain in place, two characters who knew how to run a serious football club.