Newcastle United director Dan Ashworth believes there is no ceiling to what they can achieve.
The club's sporting director, who will shape their transfer business over the coming years, was speaking about the ambitions of the ownership group at the Magpies.
While admitting the job was too good to turn down, Ashworth outlined what he hopes they can achieve in the coming years.
“I don't think there is a ceiling," he told the Daily Mail.
“The reason I'm pausing is I know how good the others are. If you look at Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal - how good their squads are, infrastructure – they're some clubs to catch.
“It's a really difficult job, but it is possible. We have no God-given right, within one or two transfer windows, to go, 'Bang, we should be competing with the top four'. But things do happen in football that are slightly strange. Leicester won the Premier League at 5,000-1."
