Newcastle United have the potential of being a top six club, insists manager Rafa Benitez.
Newcastle is abuzz with takeover talk once more and the hope that comes with the prospect of Mike Ashley's unhappy tenure coming to an end.
"I think that this team could be in the top six," Benitez told Sky Sports.
"It could be in the top eight easily. When I say easily I mean just with one or two things.
"When I decided to come here, it was because I saw the potential of the club, the city, everything.
"Still, I can see the same."