Newcastle United Owners Want To Copy Manchester City Model

Newcastle United's Saudi owners want to copy Manchester City's successful ownership model in one way, and buy more clubs around the world.

Newcastle's owners were certainly welcomed to the north east by fans of the club, when they took over from Mike Ashley in October last year.

Since coming to the club, the new owners have sacked Steve Bruce, replaced him with Eddie Howe and signed Kieran Trippier and Chris Woods, as the team attempt to save themselves from relegation.

However the bigger moves are set to come in the future, and it's not just in the shape of signings, with Newcastle ready to copy City's owners' model.

As well as Pep Guardiola's side, they also have a 100% ownership in Melbourne City, in Australia, Montevideo City Torque, in Uruguay, and Troyes, in France.

They also have major investment in MLS side New York City, Belgian team Lommel S.K, India's Mumbai FC, Spanish side Girona, China League One's Sichuan Jiuniu and Japanese outfit Yokohama F. Marinos.

As well as the men's teams, the owners have also invested in women's teams in Manchester, Melbourne, Troyes and Girona.

However, unlike City, the report in the Times says that Newcastle's owners might look outside of just football for their investment into clubs.

The country has already controversially brought the likes of golf and tennis to the country for annual tournaments, and have also hosted boxing events.

WWE have also done several shows from the middle east country and all sports who have visited have had their fair share of criticism due to Saudi Arabia's human rights record.