Do Newcastle regret it? 41 million yuan sold youth training new star now firmly

As we all know, Newcastle's major shareholder is a Saudi public investment fund, with assets of US$925 billion, making it one of the top funders in the Premier League. But in the Premier League transfer market, Newcastle has no courage to spend a lot of money, and they are even forced to sell their youth training new stars, such as Elliott Anderson. This is not because the team boss doesn't want to spend money. The reason why Newcastle is stolen is PSR - profit and sustainability rules. The purpose of PSR is to prevent clubs from falling into financial crisis due to excessive spending. PSR requires Premier League teams to lose £105 million in a rolling three-year period. Under the strict restrictions of PSR, Premier League mid-range teams like Newcastle have limited revenue generation, so they can only be forced to sell the youth training stars in their teams to cash out. Because in the PSR rules, selling youth training players can be regarded as net profit.

Last summer window, Newcastle was forced to sell the best young player in his youth training camp - Elliot Anderson. Although Newcastle sold Elliott Anderson to Nottingham Forest and received a transfer fee of 41 million euros, Eddiehao complained about the PSR policy at the time, and he didn't want to sell Elliott Anderson at all. Now a year has passed, Elliot Anderson has grown into the main midfielder of England. In the match against Andorra, Elliot Anderson ushered in the first appearance of the English adult team - a 100% tackle success rate, 107 passes, with a success rate of up to 94%. 15 ball recycles were completed in 90 minutes, and 7 of 8 long passes were successfully found. He performed well in the game and took on the core tasks of the midfield organization well. After the game, Tuchel praised him very much and told the media that he would still send him to the starter against Serbia.

Anderson comes from the famous Wolsend Boys Club, which has trained well-known stars such as Alan Shearer, Steve Bruce, and Michael Carrick. After moving to the Newcastle Youth Team, he mainly played in the No. 10 position on the court. Newcastle clearly has high hopes for him, and he is one of the club's most promising youth training graduates. However, the club ended up reluctantly selling him last summer due to PSR (Profitability vs. Sustainability Rules).

"Eliot is something we don't want to sell," said head coach Eddie Howe. "No one in the club wants to sell him, but we have to do that. We put a lot of effort into Elliot - youth training, coaching, time, and watching him leave and now making his mark in another Premier League club, which is not the situation we should be in."

But there are also people who think that the transfer to Nottingham Forest provides Anderson with an opportunity that may be harder to get in Newcastle. Tonali, Murphy, Guimaraes, and even Jolinton may limit his chances of playing in Newcastle. So the club's PSR problem might be a lucky coincidence for Anderson, which made him the No. 6 core of Nottingham Forest. In Nottingham Forest, Anderson was highly valued by Nuno and further promoted his growth. Anderson played 42 games for the Forest last season, helping the team qualify for European competition for the first time in 30 years.

The U21 European Cup in early summer is the next important stage of Anderson's growth. Tuchel could have called him to the senior team in June, but ultimately decided to give the Forest player a big international first. He performed well. Lee Casley has him starting every game, except for the quarterfinals against Spain, as the coach feels he runs too much in the group stage and may be overdrawn. Anderson made a substitute earlier in the second half and scored a goal to help England win 3-1 and advance to the semi-finals. He continued to play in the next two games to help England defend their title successfully. Now, as he makes his English adult debut, the calm young man is ushering in more opportunities.