Amanda Staveley gives her thoughts on PSR and Newcastle United's season in new Sky Sports interview
Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi were the husband and wife team who were the face of the Newcastle United takeover in 2021 before being unceremoniously dumped by the club last summer.
All official reports would have you believe that Staveley and Ghodoussi left the club of their own volition, but Craig Hope has often said they were pushed and pointed the finger at former CEO Darren Eales as being the architect of their exit.
Whatever the truth, Staveley and Ghodoussi have always been very vocal with their support of the club and its continued success, and at least publicly, there's no bitterness there.
We're sure that she would still rather be on the inside of things, as she built some fantastic relationships in the club and was adored by the fans, but times change, and we have to move on.
Amanda Staveley doesn't seem to hate PSR as much as we'd have expected
Sky Sports caught up with the pair yesterday, and they spoke about how proud they are of Eddie Howe and everyone at the club, and Staveley even had some nice words to say about Alexander Isak. Someone has to, we suppose.
However, when asked about PSR and if it needs to change to allow the likes of Newcastle to compete, Staveley gave a very surprising answer.
“No, I think the PSR rules are quite helpful; they are there to give fair competition.
"We navigated them (the PSR rules) well”
Are Amanda and Mehrdad up to something?
Mehrdad Ghodoussi chimed in and echoed Staveley's comments, which seemed a little bit strange to us given how much PSR has held the club back since the takeover.
Newcastle had to sell two of its most promising youngsters in Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson, both of whom are showing us week in week out how big a mistake it was to let them go, and they would both still be at the club were it not for PSR.
We're not saying that the sport should be entirely unregulated, but in its current guise, PSR is not fit for purpose. Ghodoussi did suggest that it needs to, and will change, but we don't expect it to change enough to make much of a difference.
A bizarre take from Staveley. We wonder who she's trying to grease up and why.
