Eddie Howe sends Newcastle PSR warning after being forced to offload star in 'the last sale we wanted to make' - as the Magpies boss looks to hold onto more academy players
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Eddie Howe has warned that Newcastle need to avoid falling into a PSR hole that forces them to sell star academy products like Lewis Miley. The Magpies boss insists the club had no choice but to sell Elliot Anderson to Nottingham Forest last June. Without it, he says, they would have faced a Premier League points deduction for breaching spending rules.
![[Elliot Anderson was sold to Nottingham Forest with a points deduction looming, Howe insists]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/16/94084855-0-image-m-5_1736870803299.jpg)
Anderson has shone at the City Ground and there is lingering regret inside St James' Park at the loss of the Geordie midfielder. Howe understands that the nature of PSR means players such as Anderson and Miley are quick solutions to balance-sheet deficits, given the 'pure profit' they generate.
![[The likes of Lewis Miley (right) are important players that the club will want to hold onto]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/16/94085041-0-image-a-4_1736870800240.jpg)
But the head coach does not want to see a repeat of the Anderson scenario. Rather, he wants to be able to build a team around the likes of midfielder Miley in the coming years. 'The last thing we want to do, or I want to do as the manager of the club, is to sell academy products who have the potential to play for this team for many years,' said Howe.
Eddie Howe has warned Newcastle that they need to avoid falling into a PSR hole in the future. Elliot Anderson was sold to Nottingham Forest with a points deduction looming, Howe insists. The likes of Lewis Miley (right) are important players that the club will want to hold onto.
'Elliot was a case in point - it was the last sale we wanted to make. We knew his qualities and he had just broken into the team towards the back end of last season. He had performed really well in a variety of roles for us. 'But we were faced with literally no other option in that moment with 48 hours to go, we had to make a decision that we did not want to make. It will always be our last choice to do that. But, when you add up everything together and you go, 'Well, it's a points deduction and breaching PSR or making a sale, I think you have to make the sale'.'.
