Newcastle United's takeover has continued to dominate the news landscape of the Premier League this week but not all the talk has been positive.
With initial pieces talking about bringing Newcastle back to the top, the relief it will bring to supporters and the positives of the end of the Mike Ashley era, the talking points have changed.
Now, the talk is on the Saudi regime, the Financial Fair Play implications and why the grass may not be greener on the other side of the takeover fence overall.
Here's what the national press have had to say this week.
Unholy alliances
In the Guardian, Jonathan Liew has expressed concerns at the fact that the biggest obstacle that could derail any Newcastle United takeover has come from Qatari media outlet BeIN Sport.
"Still: any port in a storm, as they say. And the news that the most significant opposition to the purchase of Newcastle comes not from the Premier League or from Newcastle fans but from beIN Sports, the home of Richard Keys and Andy Gray and in effect the media arm of the Qatari government, should at the very least offer us pause for thought.
"These are disorienting times, and so perhaps it’s only to be expected that a few unholy alliances are going to be formed along the way."
If that wasn't damning enough to express his views on the situation, his closing comment definitely drives the nail home:
"Welcome to the new orthodoxies of English football. Saudi Arabia is good. Amnesty International is bad. New signings are more important than murder, broadcast rights are more important than women’s rights, and a sense of basic humanity is ultimately expendable if you can scrape into next season’s Europa League."
How Newcastle's honeymoon will end
Martin Samuel has a warning of a different kind of warning for Newcastle United, writing in the Daily Mail that the honeymoon will not last too long.
"Newcastle’s honeymoon will last until the moment the elite feel threatened. There were two types of stories doing the rounds at the weekend. One said Newcastle’s new regime intended to abide dutifully by financial fair play rules, the other that there was £200m to spend on transfers and becoming a leading force. Can’t be done. Mutually exclusive.
"FFP is there to stop a club like Newcastle benefiting from owner investment. The proposed takeover has no debt, but UEFA don’t care about debt. Manchester United are laden with it, while Manchester City have none."
