Sir Bobby Robson: "There are clubs in the Premier League who could do it. "There are clubs who could break the monopoly, but Newcastle are the ones who have the best chance of breaking into it and staying there because of the fanbase, the financial backing and the fact it's a one-club city which eats, drinks and breathes football.
"I'd love to see it happen, even now, I'm just a fan really.
"Newcastle are a bigger club than Everton, they are a bigger club than Aston Villa and even Tottenham. They are big clubs, of course they are, but Newcastle are bigger.
"I might be biased of course, but I firmly believe that if one team is going to shake things up it is Newcastle United.
"We might have done it you know. We came close, do you remember?
"We never did as well as I thought we could in the League Cup, I don't know why, and the FA Cup is very tough to win, the Big Four have dominated it.
"But for a time we were in the Big Four, we scared them, don't doubt that for a second. I know we scared them because people like Sir Alex Ferguson told me we did, that young team we had - Shearer, Robert, Speed, Solano, Dyer, Bellamy, Jenas and so on - it was a quick team, a pacy team and we played good football as well.