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Simon Jordan claims Newcastle United will 'start a revolution' amid 'unstoppable force' verdict

TalkSPORT presenter Simon Jordan believes that Newcastle United could 'start a revolution' in the footballing world as they continue their excellent start to the season.

The former Crystal Palace owner made the comments off the back of the Magpies cementing their place in the Premier League's top four with a 4-0 thrashing of Aston Villa at the weekend.

Eddie Howe's side have only lost once this season and have scored four or more goals in three of their last six league matches - five of those being wins.

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Speaking on talkSPORT's White and Jordan show with his co-host Jim White, Jordan was sceptical about the Magpies being able to continue their hot form after the World Cup break but mentioned his £1000 bet against White might be in jeopardy.

"I do think my bet is on shaky grounds right now but I didn't legislate for Liverpool to be as poor as they are. I don't legislate for some of the teams I thought would be competing up the league not doing so well but it's so early in the season.

"They've still got a break to overcome after the World Cup, we don't know what that's going to look like but right now, Newcastle have got more right than they have wrong.

"Right now what they've got is everything going in the right direction, they've got huge momentum and they're becoming an unstoppable force - it'll be interesting to see what the immovable object is, whether it's Manchester City or the top four being difficult to break into.

"But right now, everything is in the right direction."

The 55-year-old then commented about their financial situation and how the Saudi-led consortium got the club for a steal compared to other new owners in the Premier League.

"If Newcastle do it [make the top four], and get into Europe in their first season, they will start a revolution. There's this argument that they can't do it, this argument that they've got ceilings - Graeme [Souness] is probably right, they've only bought a football club for £350 million.

"Todd Boehly has just gone and bought Chelsea for £2.5 billion, these lot have bought one for £350 million, got it for cheap so they'll go after it. Look, I think my bet is shaky.

"I think that with the way this Premier League season is panning out, unless some certain teams start to buck their ideas up, I'm going to be ponying up £1000."

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