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Part of me finds it incredible that the press haven’t had a sniff of this since the BZG statement was released. Then I realise, this is how takeovers should/do happen. Strict NDA’s in place, no leaks, announced ‘out of the blue’.

Why does time elapsing make everyone so nervous here? Look at all the facts of the situation. Don’t speculate and stay patient. We don’t have that long to wait really. Imagine at the Fulham game, saying we’d be close to a takeover by a Sheikh by mid June. Everyone would snap your hand off for that situation. Relax!

This fits. As it would certainly be Ryder’s source at the club. Young Edith sick of the chronicle questioning her when she has just left the tea to brew.

Was this a Rafa influenced appointment?

Miss you, Rafa.

Seen his latest Instragram story? The man is bionic. Only had surgery 6 weeks ago!

Do think there's some weight in this. We should be thankful we've got a manager that will push for A (best scenario), knowing that he won't get it but may get somewhere around B/C, rather than settle for F and be the yes man. The more he pushes during this contract negotiation, the closer to best case scenario he gets in writing. Its obvious he wants to stay.

Howey was Caulkins best man I believe? Or vice versa. Not sure if that’s worth anything but surely Howey would check that info before saying it in public?

It’s sad when it’s got to the point the majority of us would be past caring if we went down and Rafa walked. Purely as that would mean a huge hit in the pocket of Ashley.

Well, what a shitter of a day.

The Guardian claim of a new £15m bid is a bit sketchy anyway. No other outlet at all is reporting this and I’m pretty sure they would be if Brighton went from an £8m bid to £15m within 24 hours. Don’t believe it personally

Chron live blog already states that ‘NUFC sources have played down the Gameiro link. £16mil for a 30 year old...?’

The ‘security’ who were told the deal is done and will be announced before Luton game have plenty to answer for

It annoys me to think about what PCP/Staveley must take from all of this. I’d love her to know the true feeling of fans right now (the last 15 pages of this thread).

Can’t wait for the inevitable Luke Edwards tweet this morning

The ‘it’s never quiet at Newcastle United’ assumption is the complete opposite right now. There is nothing at all happening!

Dropping Mandy off obviously

Thought he'd done medical at Palace last night, we never scupper other clubs deals so 0% chance of it IMO.

Late move for D. Sakho according to @DeanJonesBR

Just got a text from a reliable source saying the same thing. You're both really bad people.

The £15m price tag is there because Ashley clearly disagrees with Rafa on his value. Expert in football and judging a player's ability/value, is Mike.

Even if it just Ashley preparing for the possible sale, it’s so much closer than we’ve been before. If he genuinely didn’t want to sell than why go through that bother? We need to sit back and see where we’re at January 31st.

Politics in my opinion. People wetting their pants about it on twitter, drives more hate towards Ashley.

Anyone else finding it eerily quiet? Journos have nothing to say about any incomings, usually they can't get enough (even if it is clickbait). Rafa gave a deadline of January 20th? It points towards a 'nothing is actually happening' situation (including takeover) but I firmly believe Rafa wouldn't be here if it meant a relegation under Ashley on his CV. What would be the point in him staying unless he knew the grass will soon be greener? He knows Staveley personally ffs, of course he will know the state of play surrounding the takeover and will just be playing the long game knowing it will happen. (Probably doesn't belong in this thread but I went off on a tangent)