Video: Howe claims Newcastle sold ‘absolute maverick’ against his wishes

Newcastle manager, Eddie Howe, has had to quickly get used to just how much Financial Fair Play affects the way in which he can go about his transfer business.

Despite having some of the richest owners in world football in the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), FFP dictates that there’ll be no splashing the cash as might’ve been the case in years gone by.

It’s also meant that the club have had to sell players, sometimes against Howe’s wishes, which seems to have been the case with Allan Saint-Maximin.

“Maxi was a player who I absolutely loved. Yes, he was slightly different to the conventional winger that I have had in the past. An absolute maverick, a magician with the ball but we were accommodating him and his strengths and weaknesses within the team,” he told Gary Neville on The Overlap.

“I loved working with him. That was Financial Fair Play was hitting us, so we had to lose Maxi at the moment.”

Pictures from The Overlap