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“Money doesn’t define quality” – So many NUFC fans react to report

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Many Newcastle United fans have been reacting on social media, after the Chronicle shared that we had been ranked as the 46th-most powerful football club in the world.

That’s according to the latest Soccerex Football Finance 100 report, which ranks clubs globally each year on a number of financial aspects.

This year is the third time that Soccerex have published figures, and sees the Toon rated 46th for playing assets, tangible assets, cash in the bank, potential owner investment and net debt.

United are valued at £273.6million, while believed to have £38.2m available for future spending.

Soccerex’s valuation of the Toon is slightly below owner Mike Ashley’s long-held valuation of £300m, though more recent rumours of a buyout by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund have suggested that the Sports Direct tycoon aims to sell for just under £350m.

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Being valued at £273.6m places the club below fellow Premier League outfits Southampton (41), West Ham United (44) and Championship promotion contenders Fulham (38), but higher than Portuguese giants SL Benfica (64), Dutch powerhouse PSV Eindhoven (67) and Serie A side Atalanta (75).

Manchester City are the highest-ranked Premier League side having come second to Paris Saint-Germain, while Bayern Munich were third, ahead of Tottenham Hotspur (4), Real Madrid (5), Arsenal (6), Chelsea (7), Liverpool (8), Juventus (9) and Borussia Dortmund (10).

Here are some of the messages shared as fans reacted to United being ranked as the 46th-most powerful football club in the world…

In other Newcastle United news, Steve Bruce is eying the signature of a 34-cap midfielder ahead of the summer market.

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