James

"GeordieMatt" has already made a thread and tried to find out, I've asked for some confirmation whether this guy exists or not. Mention that Arabian business news are citing Iranian Labour News Agency as the source

You realise that his name is only Sirous Mahjoob in the Western alphabet, and if his dealings have only been in Arab nations thus far then there is no reason for him to be on English google? Yes, I'm well aware. Again, what is the likelihood that this 'tycoon', rich enough to buy Newcastle United, has never had anything written about him in the Latin alphabet. I still say it's a wind up until something more credible materialises. There are hundreds of people in the world who can afford the £100m, and you don't have to deal with the west these days to be rich. Someone in the UAE can make stinking loads without the need to be recognised in the West. Clutching at straws. You also don't have to do business with the the west to have something written about you. The original article claims he's mates with the Iranian David Beckham. He's not exactly a low profile bloke by the sounds of it... yet no one in has written anything about him in the latin alphabet? Ever? I'm not saying it's impossible but you have to concede that it's very very unlikely. Could Mike Ashley be found on Arabic google before he bought NUFC? I reckon not. http://www.google.ae/search?q=mike+ashley+sports+direct+news+2005&hl=ar&sa=2 Mike Ashley in an Arabic news source in its Arabic form? If you do the leg work and get "Mike Ashley" put into Arabic then we'll test it out. Otherwise we'll just put you down as talking nonsense, deal? I think it works the other way around kid.

Heres some evidence of how rich this Sirous bloke is? http://www.arabianbusiness.com/richlist/list?clr=2&sort=rank :bng: Iranians aren't arabs Yep, notice the Omani Sultan is missing too. Not that Steve McMahon would make any rich lists like.

You realise that his name is only Sirous Mahjoob in the Western alphabet, and if his dealings have only been in Arab nations thus far then there is no reason for him to be on English google? Yes, I'm well aware. Again, what is the likelihood that this 'tycoon', rich enough to buy Newcastle United, has never had anything written about him in the Latin alphabet. I still say it's a wind up until something more credible materialises. There are hundreds of people in the world who can afford the £100m, and you don't have to deal with the west these days to be rich. Someone in the UAE can make stinking loads without the need to be recognised in the West. Clutching at straws. You also don't have to do business with the the west to have something written about you. The original article claims he's mates with the Iranian David Beckham. He's not exactly a low profile bloke by the sounds of it... yet no one in has written anything about him in the latin alphabet? Ever? I'm not saying it's impossible but you have to concede that it's very very unlikely. Could Mike Ashley be found on Arabic google before he bought NUFC? I reckon not. http://www.google.ae/search?q=mike+ashley+sports+direct+news+2005&hl=ar&sa=2 Mike Ashley in an Arabic news source in its Arabic form?

You realise that his name is only Sirous Mahjoob in the Western alphabet, and if his dealings have only been in Arab nations thus far then there is no reason for him to be on English google? Yes, I'm well aware. Again, what is the likelihood that this 'tycoon', rich enough to buy Newcastle United, has never had anything written about him in the Latin alphabet. I still say it's a wind up until something more credible materialises. There are hundreds of people in the world who can afford the £100m, and you don't have to deal with the west these days to be rich. Someone in the UAE can make stinking loads without the need to be recognised in the West. Clutching at straws. You also don't have to do business with the the west to have something written about you. The original article claims he's mates with the Iranian David Beckham. He's not exactly a low profile bloke by the sounds of it... yet no one in has written anything about him in the latin alphabet? Ever? I'm not saying it's impossible but you have to concede that it's very very unlikely. Could Mike Ashley be found on Arabic google before he bought NUFC? I reckon not.

Sirously, of all these latecomers who have come on this afternoon screaming "OMG its fake!" how many of you have actually read the sources and the evidence and not just read the last two pages and google and jumped to conclusions?

You realise that his name is only Sirous Mahjoob in the Western alphabet, and if his dealings have only been in Arab nations thus far then there is no reason for him to be on English google? Yes, I'm well aware. Again, what is the likelihood that this 'tycoon', rich enough to buy Newcastle United, has never had anything written about him in the Latin alphabet. I still say it's a wind up until something more credible materialises. There are hundreds of people in the world who can afford the £100m, and you don't have to deal with the west these days to be rich. Someone in the UAE can make stinking loads without the need to be recognised in the West.

The Sun have probably mistranslated his name as well given the difficulty of this. Will probably turn out that his name is actually Serius Mydude or something.

You realise that his name is only Sirous Mahjoob in the Western alphabet, and if his dealings have only been in Arab nations thus far then there is no reason for him to be on English google?

I work with an Englishman and he had never heard of Mike Ashley before he bought NUFC

In fact if KK comes back, there is going to be a musical of this using a reworked version of the Abbey Road medley of our past season. Here comes the Joe King, Here comes the Joe King, Everybody's laughing, Everybody's laughing, Here comes the Joe King. Mean Mister Ashley sleeps in the park Shaves in the dark trying to save paper Sleeps in a hole in the road Saving up to buy some clothes Keeps a ten bob note up his nose Such a mean old man Such a mean old man Well you should see Polythene Llamb She's so good-looking but she looks like a man Well you should see her in drag dressed in her polythene bag Yes you should see Polythene Llamb Yeah yeah yeah Shearer came in thru the bathroom window Golden slumbers (we get relegated) Carry that Weight (KK comes back) The End

Was just listening to this song and made me think of KK: You never give me your money You only give me your funny paper and in the middle of negotiations you break down I never give you my number I only give you my situation and in the middle of investigation I break down Out of college, money spent See no future, pay no rent All the money's gone, nowhere to go Any jobber got the sack Monday morning, turning back Yellow lorry slow, nowhere to go But oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go Oh, that magic feeling Nowhere to go Nowhere to go One sweet dream Pick up the bags and get in the limousine Soon we'll be away from here Step on the gas and wipe that tear away One sweet dream came true... today Came true... today Came true... today...yes it did One two three four five six seven, All good children go to Heaven

Yep Who spoke to him about it? Mr Sundlofer

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Yep

Thats the problem, he isn't someone who the Western world have known about until today, so we don't have a clue. There are probably fifteen different ways his name is spelt.

I agree with your head shaking. Sirius Black was good.

Lets look all the claims, and what seems to be true Llambias has told the players a takeover is imminent. Source has been right in the past. Llambias has spoken to the media about it. That doesn't normally happen, but last time he did so, nothing happenned. The Sun identifies the bidder as Sirous Mahjoob. Not at that stage clear on the reliability of this. Seymour Pierce confirms Sirous as interested but downplays progress to date. Direct quotes from Mahjoob about his interest and his plans in Arabic press. No direct proof that Mahjoob is the man Llambias is talking about.

My main worry about Keegan himself is how the players will respond to him coming back after he left them and shatterred their confidence.

Dont forget he'll need two weeks to pass the fit and proper persons test. I can imagine a big stand-off on appointments, signings etc over that period, especially if Keegan is involved.

http://www.ilna.ir/indexEN.aspx Someone keep checking here, something might eventually come up.

Worst post of the millennium.

He needs to find the actual article on this website: http://www.ilna.ir/

UAE is a magnet for any Arabic businessman worth his salt. His name though does suggest he is Iranian.