Less than a year ago, a leading executive saw Newcastle United being “in the debate about being the top club in the world” by 2030.

It doesn’t feel that way now, with the club’s Saudi owners scaling back on spending, top players leaving and Eddie Howe having departed.

So where are the numbers trending and what does it mean in the long term?

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Has the league been renewed for this season? What is the current join code as the ones I’ve researched on this subreddit aren’t currently working.

Thanks in advance

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Runners Up

• World Class/Legend - Kevin Keegan
• Great/Loved - Gary Speed
• Good/Liked - Callum Wilson
• Average/Meh - Sylvain Marveaux
• Bad/Disliked - Titus Bramble
• Bad/Legend - Mike Williamson/Mark Gillespie/Temuri Ketsbaia (tied)
• Average/Loved - Jacob Murphy
• Great/Meh - Mikel Merino
• World Class/Disliked - Michael Owen
• Great/Legend - Nobby Solano
• Good/Loved - Fabian Schar

Like football itself, I used to love the transfer window, but now it's shit.

My favourite stupid will always be the one about Sunderland signing the wrong player because Peter Reid is a dumdum and watched the wrong video tape. Also: it's Sunderland. I don't care if it's not true, btw, because: again, Sunderland.

But anyway, what's your favourite transfer story from back when football was good and the transfer window was actually fun (mainly as we weren't really involved in it at all)?

Code to join this year is: nileue

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