Newcastle Red Bulls??

Billionaires Red Bull want to buy a football club in England – and ‘give it wings.’ 

The Austrian-based energy drinks firm are on the look-out for a suitable club, with Anglophile coach Ralf Rangnick, sporting director of Red Bull Salzburg, heading the search.

As well as current Austrian league leaders Salzburg, Red Bull already owns clubs in Germany, New York, Brazil and Ghana.

The company’s sporting assets also include two Formula One teams: Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Now coach Rangnick has been tasked to find a club in England for their latest move into ownership.

An insider in the deal said: “Red Bull want a team to take into the Champions League. It is the only market they have not reached yet.

Rangnick, an English-educated German, has a good knowledge of the game and is looking at several options. He would also oversee the ­purchase and running of the club.

News of Red Bull’s interest is spreading rapidly and there should be no lack of willing sellers.

The company’s Formula One success, with Sebastian Vettel taking them towards a fourth straight title, has put them on the map, but buying a club in the ‘home’ of football could be their biggest coup yet.

And taking it into the Champions League is the ultimate aim for one of the biggest sports-backing firms in the business.


This article featured in the Daily Mail and a number of other tabloids over the past few months and initially I passed it off a fanciful pie in the sky idea - however after another terrible January it has really hit home to NUFC that our current owner had zero interest in football and has no intentions of bring success to NUFC. Success to Mike Ashley is only measured in Cash and an attractive Financial statement.

This is nothing new to us - we all know that, however my question is after reading this article would NUFC accept a owner like the Red Bull company - bearing in mind the likelihood is they potentially could adopt a name change making us know as the Newcastle Red Bulls??

A potential name change seems like something a English football club should never consider, however it can be suggested that Mike Ashley has already ripped out the soul of our club so would a name change really be that unreasonable if it meant we would acquire a ambitious owner who is ready to fund a push toward the Champions League?

Hull city just went through this issue with their owner wanting to re-name and re-brand the Club as the Hull city Tigers. Loyal Hull fans rightly fought this idea follow the American approach to sports team. However Hull are a club who have just spend 14m in the January transfer window - we have a owner who is ruining our club and also refuses to spend a penny of improving the squad.

Our club is steeped in tradition and that should not be easily be forgotten, however when weighing the pros and cons I am all in favour of the Red Bull company purchasing NUFC and together we can chase the Champions League dream.