I can’t see any potential buyers from the Gulf states even wanting to negotiate with Ashley now, after the debacle in 2008 where he made a fool of himself out there in refusing to meet potential buyers and generally acting like a drunken fool with no regard for local social mores. Additionally, the revelations from Jimenez where Ashley allegedly insulted the rulers, the locals and Islam in general.
I doubt they’d want to bother with him after all that.