'Newcastle is a changing football club' - Shearer
Take a step back and, whether we like it or not, we can all see what is happening with all the ins and outs at Newcastle. It is a changing football club - in terms of its owners' aims and ambitions and their transfer strategy, which all seem massively different to the way they were even three years ago. The club's spending always had to comply with the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules but it still felt like the plan was to battle it out for silverware every season.
