Newcastle to blow Everton out the water with £80m PSR reveal as business deal done

Newcastle United are poised to one-up fellow PSR-threatened side Everton in one key area.

Both clubs are frantically attempting to get within the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability loss limit, which stands at £105m over a rolling three-year period, before the monitoring period ends on 30th June.

One avenue both have explored is quasi-swap deals, with players exchanged in separate transactions for roughly equivalent value, boosting the books of both clubs – in the short term at least.

Everton were set to sign Newcastle’s Yankuba Minteh via this method, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin headed to St James’ Park in exchange.

That deal fell through because of Everton were unwilling to budge on their £40m asking price for Calvert-Lewin, but it does illustrate how desperate both sides are to get PSR compliant.

At present, however, that is about all the two clubs have in common, with Newcastle’s success on the pitch in recent seasons in stark contrast to Everton’s sporting performance.

Everton are hoping to turn a corner under Dan Friedkin, the US billionaire who is expected to take over the club after entering exclusive talks with Farhad Moshiri.

But the latest analysis shows that the two sides are currently poles apart based on one crucial metric.