The new Sunderland manager has to first survive the drop and secondly spend wisely assuming they can spend this summer. O'Neill and Bruce have made poor signings for high fee's.
Sunderland need a much better scouting system and as much as it pains me in what's supposed to be an English league... they need foreign investment, if you're going to spend £14m on a Scottish striker then it's simple, there's 3-4 better players you could sign abroad for that total, I don't just mean one for £14m I mean all four..
It can be done too, there's no ''Who would go to Sunderland'' in it. Look at the French International's in our team. We're just as close to the drop and signed Debuchy and Sissoko in January. Whilst you could say we're pushing on a European front yes, that's not going to matter if we fail to keep our top flight status.
If I was appointed Sunderland manager I'd do the following.
1) Release Titus Bramble and any other crap like Cattermole etc.
2) Sack every scout on the payroll.
3) Re-build the scouting system from the ground up.
4) Sign youth from Foreign leagues as well as spend any money I had in transfer windows in properly scouted leagues abroad.
Onto Newcastle. It's just getting better on a financial front, Newcastle will be in their best financial position ever come the summer due to commercial deals and a number of things. A recent commercial deal has been completed but is being kept under wraps (I have no idea why) but said deal is quoted to being the biggest deal in the club's history but not quite as big as the top four.
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Last year, Newcastle United recorded an overall profit of £32.6m bolstered by the sale of Andy Carroll to Liverpool for £35m. Now it has re-entered the list of the world’s top 20 revenue-generating clubs after increasing turnover to £93.3m, representing a 5.4% increase on last year.
Last night, managing director Derek Llambias said the company would be announcing another commercial deal before the end of the season.
He said: “Overall we’re very pleased. These accounts are boring so that’s a really good thing. We’re not in debt, this proves that we’re sticking to the model and that’s working.
“Our commercial revenues will kick in next year when our new Wonga deal comes in and that will be reflected in our accounts next year.
“We will announce another commercial deal before the end of the season. They are the biggest deals the club has ever had.
“They are nowhere near in comparison to the big boys, but for us we’ve achieved and punched way above our weight.”
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