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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/6/nation/4261941&sec=nation Interesting bit near the end about Krishnan's reported bid.

Could be that the lawyers are drawing up the neccesary paperwork for the deal to go through, I'd be fairly optimistic that there will be some news later in the week on the back of this

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2009/07/06/newcastle-united-receive-bids-of-100m-for-club-72703-24086316/ woop woop

From Skunkers..... The new owners are based in Hong Kong, not Malaysia. The sale will be announced tomorrow and Gianluca Vialli will be appointed Director of Football. Shearer is expected to be named manager. There will be £30 million made available for transfers. Ashley is selling for £85 million up front with £100 million to be paid in the future in repayment of the loan. Barclays are owed £40 million which has to be paid within two years. Our first signing will be Jermaine Beckford from Leeds - the deal is ready for signing as soon as the sale is completed. Harper is to be made club captain and there are several offers on the table for our players including Martins, Gutierrez, Coloccini and Smith. Source is a mate that works in NUFC's legal department.

From the Shields Gazette http://www.shieldsgazette.com/nufc/Kinnear-wants-to-be-Toon.5429399.jp Kinnear wants to be Toon boss again Published Date: 04 July 2009 JOE Kinnear has revealed he wants to return to Newcastle United as manager. And the former Magpies boss believes he could have kept the club in the Premier League had he not been forced to step down after heart surgery. Kinnear is now recuperating after a triple bypass, and would love the chance to lead Newcastle back into the top flight if Mike Ashley's proposed sale of the club falls through. He said: "I have gone from being bad to being much better than I was. I feel as fit as a fiddle. "I love the game and am desperate to get back into it sooner rather than later. "Mike knows I'm still available. I'm not sure how far down the road they are to selling it. "If they don't, and haven't got anyone else, then I'd love to return. My opportunity would be to support Mike and Derek (Llambias)." Newcastle won just four games under Kinnear before he took ill on the morning of the West Brom game in February, but he said: "I enjoyed my time up there and enjoyed the people. "The run and the results I had were good." Let's hope someone gets a bid accepted, and soon.............

The quotes in the Sun article are mint. "A Source said", meaning they've been on wikipedia, it's word for word what's on there. These litle Asian fellas might have to have a rethink on the away top, it'll be like camoflauge gear on them!!!

Where have I heard that before, that's what everybody was saying when Ashley was taking over. Main difference seems to be this bloke buys and sells multi national conglomerates, not Lonsdale Tracksuits

Judging by the shirt, he'll love the away top

Betting scams galore! The directors box will be awash with their mates calling in to put money on goalscorers. Current sticking point likelt to be the BBC and Sky's refusal to show our live games with a five minute delay!

I don't think the FA would ratify it. Wimbledon were struggling in every way shape and form, even attendances. Putting a famous footballing establishment completely out of existence would be madness. Plus as he doesn't own the land the buildings are on, he'd only be able to transfer the lease to others wanting to use the ground for it's current purpose. I think now it looks like Ashley will take what he can from this and go back his reclusive self. Keith Harris will justify to him if he's unable to reach the 100m asking price, and settle on a fair sum for him. It's a lot of money he's lost but he's still got more money than he needs to live his current lifestyle and secure the financial future of his kids.

The only way they could get it is to make thier stadium bigger than ours. I doubt they'd even get it with a bigger stadium to be honest, there's other factors such as transport infrastructure, hotel beds other facilities. Would make no sense giving them and have most people stay, travel and socialise in Newcastle when all the facilities required are pretty much around or in the area of SJP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C Another slight at Ashley's Spurs connection - Note the colour of their very first strip as a professional club

I wonder what all the little dyslexic children will do at Christmas now Setanta's Dead............... I'll get me coat

http://www.safcstore.com/product/1661/The_Fantastic_Four It's already out - bit sad when the timespan of the 4 games is nearly 20 years!!! "It was fantasy football for sunderland fans as the Black Cats recorded 4 big derby wins" Wonder if they get a free box of kleenex with every dvd

Also the same day as SBR's charity game at SJP. I find it a complete lack of respect to the great man that we're even contemplating a game on that day. It's in his honour to raise money for a good worthwhile charity. The sooner these fuckwits are out of our club the better

Don't think I'll be getting one for my hols, would look like I was in camouflage here........ http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6660/38051940.th.jpg

If Newcastle was a woman she'd be the sole reason why domestic violence existed!

Whoever buys the club, it would be immense if they took the Sports Direct Logo down off the Gallowgate and burned it in the Centre Circle at our first home game!!!!!

Of course had they said the Arabs had bought 60% of a Championship Club, everyone would know it was us. Could be a smokescreen..... Highly unlikely I know but hey ho we can dream...........

The bit about him still working away would be true I reckon, he'll have an idea who he wants and some players will have been undoubtedly sounded out about whether or not they'd be interested. Shearer will know a lot more about the situation then we think, it's just he's not sharing it with the tabloid press as per any confidentiality agreement he's more than likely signed himself. Had Ashley been completely fucking him around as has been suggested I'm sure we would have heard something other than titbits from "club insiders"

I would laugh my tits off if the only premiership clubs that came in for him were the likes of Hull, Stoke and Burnley. Never mind, Tranmere might give him his dream move back to Merseyside

I could see the £15M being what we expect to receive from the sales he allowed on credit, whereas he paid upfront for Nolan et al. I know he's openly put this £100M price tag on the club but prospective bidders really have him in a corner. He's not prepared to invest further money, so he has to sell at any price really. If he lets the club go to rack and ruin, his investment depreciates at an alarming rate. If we were staring League One in the face due to his mis-management he'd be looking at a fraction of that amount. My gut feeling is that we'll be sold, but not at £100M. I'd see a scenario where the amount paid was undisclosed as it would allow him to walk away with a little dignity. He's quite frivolous as was shown with his HBOS gamble, and basically this is another gamble that hasn't paid off. The hit he's going to take won't financially ruin him, but I doubt if it's done his credibility any good. Before he bought us, most of his business dealings were only reported in small inches in the business sections of Newspapers, being a football club owner has brought pretty much every deal he has done under scrutiny. His "apology" and actions following that have been too little, too late, and his only hope of coming out of this with some dignity is to sell to people who can genuinely take the club forward. If he gets a couple of firm offers below his asking price I'm sure he'd be advised by Seymour Pierce to take what he can and run as a matter of damage limitation instead of hanging in for dear life and getting nothing. I also think we can take Alan Shearer's continued silence on the matter as a positive thing too. This is more than likely because he knows far more than he is able to let on. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that he is waiting for everything to be signed off, and that as soon as that happens the players will quickly start to find their way in and out of the club. If this doesn't happen, it's probably going to mean a few years in the football wilderness, maybe even a spell in League One as a worst case scenario. But as has been shown with Southampton we'd eventually end up in the hands of people who care. It will mean ridicule on the scale we have heaped on the mackems year after year but at least we'd take the fat cunt down with us, portrayed as a cry baby who would rather ruin one of the fine institutions of English Football, than let people with the will and financial backing we require. Whichever way this goes I'm just looking forward to us eventually having a clean slate, start from scratch and be able to look to the future.

http://www.newcastle.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=158310 Probably a load of shite, but what the hell it's a glimmer of hope

They have a handful of people in Mackemland. They also have around 120 people working in Gateshead at teleperformance. The staff there probably won't be arsed, they'll just go back to claiming disability living allowance, half of them look like something off The Hills Have Eyes

Are we absolutely sure that we arent part of a new Channel 4 reality show Instead of Big Brother we proudly present Big Daft Cunt, the programme where a self made Billionaire turns an established Premier League Football Club into nothing more than a Sunday League Team