Newcastle United desperately need new stadium and can then challenge for title – Louis Saha | OneFootball

Louis Saha has been talking about Newcastle United.

The French striker spent a short time on loan at St James’ Park in the 1998/99 season.

Louis Saha best remembered for scoring the winning goal at Blackburn in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Newcastle United going all the way to Wembley but Ruud Gullit left Louis Saha out of his matchday squad altogether as United lost 2-0 to Man U in the final.

Now though Louis Saha has been talking about the potential of his former loan club.

Saha saying it is vital that Newcastle United build a much bigger new state of the art stadium that can help produce the necessary revenues that could potentially make NUFC regular challengers at the very top.

Louis Saha talking to Spaceport Sweden about the potential of Newcastle United:

“Newcastle United is a massive club.

“I actually think that they are a club that can challenge for the title, but a new stadium and the revenues that go with that, would supercharge that challenge.

“They need a bit of improvement in the squad but I don’t think that they are far off. They are close.

“If they can get their numbers right in terms of revenue, then there is absolutely no reason why Newcastle can’t take the next step.

“The kind of revenue that a new stadium would bring would definitely put Newcastle in the bracket of challengers. With the difficulty of PSR rules, that is the kind of mathematics and the type of business that you need to do as a club.

“Of course it will take time, it isn’t going to happen overnight, but having that infrastructure in place will secure the foundations of the team to be competitive for years and years.

“They have so many fans in that region. It will be great, but you need to find a way to get the right fans as well.