Former Crystal Palace owner  has questioned whether Newcastle United fear a Premier League points deduction

June 29, 2024 Jude Sports 0

Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has questioned whether Newcastle United fear a Premier League points deduction.

Toon chiefs are understood to be looking at cunning ways to raise cash before the June 30 deadline – when a fresh three-year financial cycle begins. Reports in recent days have linked Newcastle with potentially selling youngster Yankuba Minteh to Lyon or Everton.

Should the Magpies breach restrictions, they could incur points deductions – just as Everton and Nottingham Forest did last season. But changes to the FFP/PSR regulations are set to align the league with UEFA’s guidelines – which operates on a squad cost-to-revenue ratio.

Those details are expected to be ironed out over the summer and, speaking to talkSPORT, ex-Palace chief Jordan debated whether Newcastle are concerned about the June 30 cut-off point. He also suggested the St James’ Park hierarchy may need to lower their demands to get unwanted players off the books.

“There’s two prices in football, isn’t there?” Jordan said. “The one you want and the one someone’s prepared to pay. A player is only as valuable as the person who’s buying them.

“In most instances, unless you have some tension and an exceptional player, there is a balancing act. Newcastle can move their players. They might just have to take a view on the economics they think they can achieve from them.

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