Amanda Staveley has told The Sun that Newcastle United’s training ground is “really awful”.
Staveley has said that the new Newcastle owners plan to invest in the training facilities and make them better.
The 48-year-old made the comments while analysing the kind of players the Magpies plan to bring in the coming years under the new ownership.
An investment group led by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and also comprising PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media, have taken over Newcastle from Mike Ashley.
British financier Staveley is a founder of PCP Capital Partners and will have a seat on the Newcastle board, as reported by The Guardian.
Staveley told The Sun: “The training ground is really awful and needs a huge amount of investment. Luckily, that is one area we are not restricted by Financial Fair Play.
“There is no point in having fantastic players if there is nowhere for them to train. We are in the market to compete for world-class players. But if you don’t put the infrastructure around that world-class player, you’ll get nowhere.”
Encouraging signs
Staveley’s comments about the Newcastle training ground show the amount of work that PIF and PCP have to do.
Yes, it is easy to talk about signing world-class players, but you need to have the right infrastructure around them.
It is clear that the new Newcastle owners have identified the problems so early, and it must be very encouraging for the St. James’ Park faithful.
Newcastle will not become heavyweights overnight.
It will be a gradual process, and the signs are very encouraging.
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