Everything’s in the balance for Newcastle United
Posted on June 7th, 2019 | No Comments |
Should the club, (and Benitez if he stays) pursue the usual approach with the Scrooge like Ashley, ie trying to spot a few more bargains like Lascelles and Schar backed up with a few loan players who have been gathering dust at top teams like Atsu and Kenedy? If a deal is finalized before the end of the transfer window, the new owners may take a different approach, but if Ashley does little or nothing to prepare the club for the new season and the deal falls through, he would be flirting with disaster once again. Predicting how Newcastle United’s next season will go in the current uncertainity is hard to say, but if you wanted to have a bet on it, you can check out https://códigodebónus.com/. There will certainly be better odds now than there will be after a takeover takes place, if indeed it goes through. Time will tell as always and as fans, we have got used to it.
Benitez’s contract also runs out out the end of June which is weeks away, perhaps he is waiting to see what happens with the ownership before he plays his hand? A statement from the Bin Zayed Group said that the deal “will take time” as the club goes through formalities such as ‘due diligence’ the ‘fit and proper person’ test to own a Premier League club. If Sheikh Mansour got through it with Manchester City, then I can’t see Sheikh Khaled failing it, but as I have outlined above, there are now so many elements in the club currently which could potentially go wrong, something which has become a speciality for Ashley.
There is also another aspect to this though. Writing as a fan, I think it is fair to say that a huge majority of my fellows just want to see the back of Ashley and bring in a Sheikh who will turn Newcastle United into the next Manchester City. However, as this piece in our namesake ‘blog rightly points out, there is also an ethical dimension to this. Ashley and the disgraceful way he treats many of his workers in his Sports Direct Empire is bad enough, but at least Ashley is not a member of a ruling family of a country which imposes the death penalty for ‘crimes’ such as homosexuality, adultery, apostasy and blasphemy, and treats migrant workers from poor countries so badly that they make Ashley look like employer of the year. Many fans will probably disagree, but it trys my soul somewhat.
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