I THINK I have mentioned more than once how times they are a changing with the advent of the Premier League.

The money coming in gets more and more because television is showing the games in more countries all around the world.

Obviously, from a business point of view as we can see at Newcastle United this week, the sort of people linked with buying clubs are not necessarily sports minded but have already made a great success of other businesses.

For instance, the Turkish gentleman reportedly interested in Newcastle is apparently the richest in that country and has a company which makes biscuits. I am sure the Geordie humour if he takes over will soon talk about ‘crackers’ if the results don’t go well.

I think one of the other signs that it is all about money and business is the shorter time frames coaches as I call them rather than managers, are getting at Premier League clubs.

A classic example was the departure this week of Craig Shakespeare.

I believe that name was associated with many other tragedies, but having said that, while the initial thought for people like Craig, as it was with others such as Claude Puel is one of pity and sympathy, you then realise that whilst they haven’t been in the job long they all have good contracts.

In Craig’s case he signed for three years, so going after only three or four months means he will get a pretty good pay-off, but will he get another job?

Consistency has always been a word coaches or managers have wanted, not just from their own point of view but right through the club and on the pitch.

Looking at Leicester’s history, which to be fair isn’t the sort of club who would normally hit the headlines, what transformed them was Claudio Ranieri, winning against all odds the Premier League title, and not by the skin of his teeth either but ten clear points, and for him then to be sacked the following season after a handful of games.

Looking at the eight previous Leicester managers to Claudio, the only one who managed more than double figures in terms of total games is Martin O’Neill, who was in charge for 152 matches.

Others such as Dave Bassett (26), Mark McGhee (24) are now topped by Craig Shakespeare who only had 21 games, and not all of them in full control.

I suppose British coaches and managers have got to get used to the foreign invasion.

As we have seen with some of the players at the biggest of our clubs, probably prompted by their agents, they make it fairly clear with their performance, or lack of rather, whether they are ready for a move.

I still cannot understand how we can read every morning in the gossip columns coaches actually saying how much they would like to sign a particular player from another club.

In my day that would have bene classed as an illegal approach. Why would you not want that made public? Because it would unsettle the player and fans.

However, particularly with the foreign players they are fairly used to moving around and they are really coming into the top flight here to be more in the shop window than ever before.

Also they want the best pay with some of the earnings made public at the top European clubs, and of course now in China where I couldn’t believe to read this week somebody has been offered £345,000 a week after tax.

I suppose part of you has to think ‘it’s a short life and not many are performing in the top flight in their mid-30s’ but the fact is supporters work their socks off to get enough money to come and watch players and staff, no matter where they are from, give nothing less than 100 per cent.

Anyway, I suppose we now have to wait to see who arrives at Leicester, as the owners have pointed out they are looking for a big name.

My advice to him, whoever he will be, is don’t unpack the case too soon, and only take a rented property.

  •  The games this week in the Champions League reflected well on our clubs.

They came up against the best in the rest of Europe and apart from Celtic no one lost.

The next games are something to look forward to as we welcome the winter weather.

It would be good to have one of our teams win the Champions League as the last time it happened was Chelsea in 2012.