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Where's this from? Ronny. In the Rafa thread.

"Every time he mentioned Newcastle, he was very optimistic about the possibilities but it's still got to happen for them with the developments in the club and everything. He didn't say what was happening or what wasn't happening; he just mentioned something may come up and he hopes it will for the better of the club." Rafa knows about the takeover.

Gandhi was assassinated, take note.

Totally disagree with this.

The reports are from an Italian newspaper, which I doubt understand Rafa's relationship with Chelsea. I doubt they would go back for Rafa and I dont think he would fancy it.

Oh oh, someone is getting the ban hammer.

I reckon there is no way that Rafa didn't tell Charnley of his intentions yesterday. Even if he is leaving Rafa is a good man and wouldnt want to make things harder for the club by waiting until the last minute. With that in mind, I'd be surprised if we dont hear something today.

"Aye mate, just transferring the money."

:lol:

Its not helping when the Bin Zayed Group and the media in Dubai are so certain its going to happen. Agreed. I had assumed they had showed proof of funds. Now I’m not so sure. It's strange really, if they provided proof of funds April 23rd (or around that date) surely they have had time to complete the owners and directors test (or the so called fit and proper process ) by now. Unless Ashley has stopped communicating with them or pulled some other trick? Mike Ashley starts the fit and proper persons process, not the buying group. As to your other post, the media are pestering them every single day about the takeover, it's no surprise that they gave them a token comment but all of this has already been explained to you so I'm wasting my time.

Ashley hasnt been trying to sell the club for 10 years, nor has he ever claimed to. He tried to sell when we got relegated the first time and again the second time. If I was selling my house, I wouldnt put it for sale at the price I wanted for it. Either way, Ashley has his asking price, let's see if he has reneged on the deal.

He would do alright for Sunderland. They wouldnt go bust and he would get them back in the PL before making a tidy profit.

Phew.

How many pens man.

Schar making pickford look a fool.

I'd bet my house that zero contact has been made between the sheikh and Mourinho, about the managers job. We should be much more worried about whether the takeover goes through at all.

Why not bring it in for every single decision on the pitch? Football isn’t broken, there’s no need for this shit. Aye but they got the decision correct. That's the only thing that matters. I'm confused as to what people want? I want the ref and his assistants to make the decisions, but be better at it. Var is replacing the need to ensure refs are good at their jobs, nothing else. Officials could be better, I grant you, but ultimately they will never get all the decisions correct. The system worked perfectly in this instance. England scored a goal which should never have stood.

It was a foul. If it happened against NUFC in a match and wasn’t given due to the lack of VAR, we would be calling for it. Just for a minute, will people stop obsessing that var will be good for Newcastle and think of it from a football point of view? What football point of view? If it's going to take them a minute to get the decision correct, then what's the problem?

Why not bring it in for every single decision on the pitch? Football isn’t broken, there’s no need for this shit. Aye but they got the decision correct. That's the only thing that matters. I'm confused as to what people want?

Martin Tyler is an idiot. "People are going to fall over," err Martin, Wilson hauled the defender to the ground before scoring.

Haha. Wilson fouled. Fair enough.

Now if the ‘they’ is our potential owners then I’m a bit more worried He means "they" as in the items on the agenda, keep getting pushed back.... I think.

Mike Ashley, at this point, has spent probably 6 figures on trying to sell the club. The conspiracy theories are looney tune land.

Noone likes you... theres a FACT for you.

I feel like this coming week is crunch time, one way or another.