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Nobody commenting on NUFC.com’s latest update? Apparently the leaked document that has put this thing back highlighted a possible breach of the rule that says a club should not provide false, misleading or inaccurate information....

Grim.

Feel a bit calmer after listening to that. The only caveat I would add is that if the rumours of this last minute document are true then nobody knows what is in it.

Here is a question for our legal experts. If the deal is rejected and the buyers take legal action, does Ashley have to wait in limbo ie not allowed to sell to anyone else while the appeal is conducted?

If this one falls through then the takeover that actually happens at whatever date in the future will be exactly like Ashley said...ie come from nowhere and announced as done. The thing is though nobody will give a shit by then anyway as hoardes will have walked away from NUFC for good.

Great post, and sums up where I am at too. Only difference is that I am 48 and therefore was lucky enough to experience the highs of the 90s. On the flipside though I also experienced the heartbreak of that era too and the feeling that it wasnt NUFC's destiny to be a top class club. That nagging feeling has remained throughout ever since, that somehow the footballing gods are against us, which is why...even in the face of logic...its impossible to escape simply assuming the worst will happen and this takeover will all turn to dust again.

This line of thinking keeps being peddled but where is the evidence that there would be legal ramifications if the deal is blocked? It just seems like the whole legal thing is something that was mentioned by one person and everyone else has gone along with it because it sounds very reassuring. Even if its true I dont see how it helps us as fans as it would merely be a compensation battle between the PL and the buyers. Meanwhile the deal would still be in tatters and we would still be stuck with Ashley.

I think we can safely assume that there isn't gonna be an announcement this week. Over to you, House of Saud.

nufc.com have given another update. Basically they now dont have a clue what is happening.

So what time is tonight's doom-laden post/link that sends everyone into meltdown? I'll go for 9:34pm.

What are fans of other football clubs talking about on their forums? At least we have the takeover to discuss. Everton fans are talking about our takeover a lot and, my word, they absolutely f***ing hate us. If it goes through then, with the Mackems out of the picture, we have a new enemy. In fact their board members on Grand Old Team are uncannily similar to those on RTG. Bitter doesnt even come close. Do you have a link? https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/forums/world-football.4/# We are always near the top. You will need to register an account to view the thread though.

What are fans of other football clubs talking about on their forums? At least we have the takeover to discuss. Everton fans are talking about our takeover a lot and, my word, they absolutely fucking hate us. If it goes through then, with the Mackems out of the picture, we have a new enemy. In fact their board members on Grand Old Team are uncannily similar to those on RTG. Bitter doesnt even come close.

If it is now going to be rejected then this newly emerged evidence must be pretty seismic, considering just 48 hours ago every man & his dog in the media was saying the deal would go through before the weekend.

Christ, you are relentlessly pessimistic LOL, only over the last few days bud. I was actually super-optimistic until this latest story broke. Could be paranoia of course but 35 years of NUFC near-misses & disappointment tends to take it's toll. I'd imagine a lot of my generation are feeling something similar right now after this latest twist.

If this new evidence has come from Sky then I think we are screwed. I have a really bad feeling about this now.

Exactly where I am at. Can feel the anger starting to rear it's ugly head again tbh.

I have a feeling this circus will still be going on into the end of June/early July before probably not even happening If it rolls into next week I am officially switching to the "not happening" camp.

It's quite simple really. No announcement by Friday evening and there is something in this, and all bets are off.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8308801/Newcastles-300m-takeover-PUSHED-fresh-legal-documents-emerge.html Put the cans away for another week as its not happening by the weekend. Completely fucking bored of this now. Always felt too good to be true didnt it?

They seem rather rattled there. Best batten down the hatches then cos if they think this week is bad, next week will feel like The Alamo.

According to him a SAFC takeover will happen before ours as we wont be confirmed before well into June. I honestly think he might be one of ours on a wind-up.

Even if Caulkin knew that the tests were complete there is no way he would be telling anyone that this was the case, unless he had been given permission by Staveley to do so via one of his columns on The Athletic. Certainly not via twitter or DMs though. 5 crucial days coming up. If we are still sitting here this time next week with no news then it's time to panic IMO.

I think they will get their Dell takeover eventually but might have to wait a couple of years for it to happen in the current and near-future footballing environment. That will be the beginning of their upturn. In the meantime I hope they suffer as much footballing misery as possible. Starting from next week.

'kin hell.

I mean, it's perfectly plausible for the PL to think that MBS may one day do something like that. But are they really within their rights to say this is enough reason to block it? It's a sort of bizarre "pre-crime" situation that would surely hold no water if legally challenged. And if this was so important to the PL, why dont they just point blank refuse to let someone own a club if another family member has already beaten them to it?