You get 55% of the previous year's prize money in your first year in the Championship, followed by 45%, followed by 20% in year three, so a second year in the Championship isn't going to kill them.
I do agree that getting marquee players to sign for Newcastle is going to be tougher than getting them to sign for a London club, but Manchester and Liverpool are not exactly exotic vacation destinations. Frankly, the area around Anfield and Goodison Park is one of the worst areas in all of Britain, and that's saying something.
Manchester City were cute with how they were able to pump up their revenues in order to bring in big name players, and despite getting caught repeatedly, they managed to avoid major punishment. They were banned from Europe for a year but managed to appeal it after offering to pay a larger fine. These new Newcastle owners will do the same, stuff like signing commercial sponsorships with their other Saudi owned entities that would far exceed the market value Newcastle normally get.
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