Gab Marcotti

The reality is...

Their account showed that they registered £133.1 million in profit by selling the leasehold of the stadium to a sister company.

That's not going to fly with UEFA.

Alan St-Maximin, when he was sold to Al-Akhly, or transferred there, for £23 million.

But again, UEFA, it's the same ownership, so that counts as zero profit.

I think he's being honest.

And sometimes it might not be what they want to hear.

It might not be smart to come out and say, hey, come and get to Nani and Gordon.

But people are going to know that they're in this situation, right?

Absolutely.

But you have to come up with a good... Because after selling Isak for so much money, Newcastle fans are going to be asking, wait a minute.

Now we have this Champions League run and stuff.

Like...

How are we in this situation again where we have to dismantle the team?

We'll get to this another time, but there's a broader issue, and I keep repeating this, nobody seems to care,

There's weight classes in football.

There are clubs that are simply bigger and will consistently generate more revenue.

And the polarization and the imbalance of resources is bigger than it's ever been.

And it's so much harder for Newcastle or Newcastle or Everton or Aston Villa, wherever you want, to ever close the gap.

But it's not to do, oh, Everton fans don't like us.