Kuwaiti al Arabi chief plotting Toon takeover by next week?
Posted on July 10th, 2012 | 35 Comments |
“Seriously thinking of buying the British Newcastle United football club.”
The report goes on to say that:
“He has finalized all conditions that enable him to acquire the club by next week. The actual negotiations with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley will be clear.”
Next week! Oooh er! Sounds a bit more positive than Ashley’s player negotiations!
However the story then takes a slightly absurd turn when the writer of the piece then added something of his own, writing:
“Ashley has wanted to sell the club since 2009. He bought the club known as “Magpies” in 2007 for £134.4 million and it is said that he is willing to sell it for less than £80 million.”
Errr, well I think that quite alot of water has passed under bridge since then and that if there is actually anything in this story, and their doesn’t seem to be anything that substantial at the time of writing, then Mike Ashley might have a slightly higher figure in mind than £80 million!
Well as always, time will tell and as always, I shall keep probing away. Once again, thanks to Stephen for pointing this story out.
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Wadya reckon Worky, 80 mil + what we owe him sounds a bit more like it eh.