The consortium hoping to complete a takeover of Newcastle United would 'almost certainly have been less interested' had the European Super League plans come to fruition.

That is the verdict of football finance expert Kieran Maguire who believes the plans would have represented a 'mess that decreases the incentives for anyone looking to buy a club'.

The European football scene was thrown into turmoil last Sunday when 12 major European clubs, including Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham from England, announced they had agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, 'governed by its Founding Clubs.'

They were set to be joined by Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and three other clubs, with none of the founding members being able to be relegated or eliminated from the competition each year.

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It sparked mass outcry from football supporters, with fans of Leeds, Chelsea and Arsenal taking to their respective stadiums to protest against the idea.

The model lasted all of 48 hours before it fell apart with English clubs leading the way in pulling out from the plans, with the Super League - certainly in its current guise - falling apart.

Chronicle Live reported last week that the consortium attempting to broker a takeover of Newcastle United were against the prospect of a European Super League.

Mike Ashley is still trying to push through the £350million deal to a consortium fronted by Amanda Staveley and the Reuben brothers and backed by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.

Of course, the ambitions of the takeover group were based on football's current model and ambitions of one day helping Newcastle re-establish themselves as a Champions League club.

Given the closed shop nature of the Super League's plans, the threat to the takeover model in its current guise couldn't be underestimated and that has been reflected in Maguire's analysis of how it would have threatened any takeover deal at Newcastle.

“They may have still been interested but they would almost certainly have been less interested,” he told Football Insider.

“The rewards would have been substantially less for a club not in the franchise league.

“We’re not sure what the vehicle for qualification to the Super League would have been in terms of the five extra spaces.

“But in any case, the Premier League as a product would have been significantly devalued.

“It’s a mess that decreases the incentives for anyone looking to buy a club.”