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Ashley puts £15M towards Newcastle youth recruitment drive

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 07:16

Newcastle United are going on a massive, global youth recruiting drive ahead of the summer market.

Owner Mike Ashley is making £15 million available for the project.

United have cleared the decks at the club’s Benton base with a host of younger players told they have no future at the club.

A United insider told the Evening Chronicle: “The vision is for a brighter future at Newcastle.

“The owner is prepared to put money behind the latest project.

“It will give the club every chance to compete with clubs around Europe and beyond to make sure they can unearth some of the untapped talent which is clearly already out there.”

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