Strawberry

Guys can we even argue if someone says Bruce is better than Rafa or Poch.

Death threats

He is one of my fav player. Hope he stays here for long time. very likeable.

He also said about 6 weeks ago that we would know by Wednesday. No he didn't. Yes he did. He said Staveley and Co thought things could be done as soon as wednesday. If you dont want to get s**** on Twitter, dont make claims. He knows the game. He never say that.

Can you guys stop saying Caulkin said Imminent in the past he never said that if anything he said there is no red flags all along.

Definitely cans. This guy is the one who broke the WTO story. He is thinking of things are close is huge!

Thats correct Lee never know anything.

He’s a barrister, I’ll take his assessment over Luke f***ing Edwards. The assessment didn't come from Luke Edwards, came from whatever legal beagle the Telegraph asked about it did it not? Are we defending that clueless Edwards now?

Yeah not much we don't know. Small rumour that the PL may make a decision this week although he says the buyers haven't even heard that so could be bad news if true. Mentions AS getting an apology in court and credits the Newcastle fans for making sure it was known. (Judge also thanked public for alerting the court) I wonder the buyers are in the liberty to say so even if they know about it. Also it is positive for me when he assured from his sources there is no legal framework to say NO.

No chance if the PL reject it. Back to Ashley.

I don't get the Qatar idea. They made mistake dont allow them to have premier league team. If thats the case can they also lobby Fifa to kick them out of the membership. It is so bizarre.

Unfollowing him would do great help to your health.

Good balanced stuff from Duncan Castle. He also say how the toon army follow the Staveley case closely. He also expect decisions this week. https://www.spreaker.com/user/12250300/evertons-offer-to-thiago-silva

Martyn Ziegler block me cause i said he is paid by the Qataris.

They want to reject it or not no one knows about it for sure.

Adviser to Manchester City Owner Has Role in Newcastle Sale Ali Jassim, a close business associate of the billionaire who owns Manchester City, is serving as a broker in Saudi Arabia’s efforts to buy the Premier League team Newcastle United. By Tariq Panja June 15, 2020, 5:35 a.m. ET LONDON — A trusted adviser to the billionaire Gulf owner of the English Premier League champion Manchester City has emerged as a key player in discussions to sell another Premier League club, Newcastle United, to a group led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show that the adviser, Ali Jassim, joined forces last year with a British businesswoman and an American socialite to shepherd the sale of Newcastle United to the Public Investment Fund, the Saudi state’s strategic investment arm, for as much as 350 million pounds ($439 million). The Saudi fund, whose chairman is the kingdom’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is in talks to become the majority owner of Newcastle in a deal with the club’s owner, the retail tycoon Mike Ashley. The Premier League is reviewing both the deal and the fitness of the proposed owners. According to the cooperation agreement, Jassim, who is based in Puerto Rico, would join forces with Amanda Staveley, a British investment adviser he met while working on the purchase of Manchester City by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the brother of the ruler of the United Arab Emirates, and Carla DiBello, a socialite friend of Kim Kardashian West. The involvement of such a diverse cast of rainmakers and middlemen in a plan to broker the sale of a Premier League franchise to Gulf interests underscores the enduring appeal of English soccer teams to global plutocrats. But it also shows the key role personal relationships can play in deals involving the most high-profile figures and institutions in the Arab world, and the rich rewards available to those who can forge them. DiBello and Staveley’s roles in the Newcastle United sale have been reported, and each has a defined role in the process. While DiBello has little experience in deals the size of the Newcastle sale, The Wall Street Journal reported that she has developed a close relationship with the Public Investment Fund’s governor, Yasir al-Rumayyan, who is representing the fund in the sale. Staveley, who for years has cultivated a public image highlighting her proximity to influential figures in the Gulf, is responsible for negotiating with Ashley. Jassim’s role is less clear. The agreement describes him as having “significant experience in identifying, coordinating and consuming large cross-border transactions,” though it does not define his role in the proposed Newcastle acquisition. A spokesman for the proposed ownership group declined to comment. Of the three intermediaries, Staveley is the most familiar to British soccer fans. A regular on the sports and business pages of British newspapers for much of the past decade, she was linked with Gulf-backed efforts to buy into Liverpool and she played a key role in City’s sale to its Emirati owners. She is said to have negotiated a 10 percent stake in Newcastle should she manage to guide the Saudi-backed takeover bid to a successful conclusion. The fate of the deal, which now also includes two billionaire British property investors, who would also own 10 percent of the team, remains uncertain. A Premier League review of the sale that started several weeks ago remains incomplete amid mounting criticism of the prospect of Saudi Arabia’s buying into the world’s most-watched soccer league. Significantly, the Premier League has come under huge pressure to block the sale from beIN Media Group, a Qatari-owned television network, which accuses Saudi Arabia of pirating billions of dollars worth of its programming, including Premier League matches. Human rights groups have also lobbied the Premier League to block the sale. The league is not known to have stopped a sale of a team to any owner with the resources to acquire it. The Newcastle talks come at the same time Staveley is involved in a billion-dollar lawsuit related to the multibillion-dollar rescue of the British bank Barclays by Sheikh Mansour at the height of the financial crisis in 2008. Staveley has accused Barclays of costing her an investment in what would have been a lucrative deal. Jassim, who eventually helped Staveley receive 30 million pounds (about $37.5 million) for her efforts, has agreed to appear as a witness in the lawsuit. Jassim, who was also involved in Sheikh Mansour’s purchase of Manchester City, appeared to develop a close friendship with Staveley around that time, according to text message transcripts submitted in evidence. In one, he declared that he would “always have ur back” as the tensions over payments from Barclays started to grow. “U are very dear to me,” he said in another message, before adding, “We have a fruitful future together.” Jassim is scheduled to give evidence via video link from Puerto Rico on June 22. Premier League officials are likely to be paying close attention, given Staveley’s interests — and now Jassim’s, too — in the Newcastle sale. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/sports/soccer/newcastle-premier-league.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

I am grateful to the lady. If all work out she change the history of Newcastle for once and for all. It is also remarkable after what Ashley said of her she didn't give up and stick with us. She created the richest consortium and come up with vengeance to kick out the FCB.

More clickbait how would they have a clue about what the intentions or business plans are lol it is not clickbait. So far all the noises from the buyers is this is not creating a Man city.

Tony Evans is well connected a Liverpool fan. I dont think we want crazy money we want a club that tries and managed to be successful.

Let him ask..... Anything who can help to quicken our cause.

Whilst I lean towards the theory that it will get sorted and the sale will be completed, I don't think the resolution will involve BeIn Sport being broadcast in Saudi Arabia. I think the Royal Family will want local control of the broadcast into Saudi homes so they can control what advertising materials and affiliated content comes along with the broadcast. Saudi Arabia is a very-conservative country that finds many more liberal principles to be highly offensive so they would likely be intolerant of any extra content that comes along with the BeIn broadcast. So I suspect they will pay for KSA Sport to have it's own broadcast license - possibly paying some compensation to BeIn, via the Premier League as part of the license fee, so Saudi Arabia doesn't directly send money to its enemy. Agree. Like any other country, KSA can bid for the rights and show the PL locally. To do that now, they need to renegotiate with BeIN, cause they own rights for the whole MENA region (with KSA's approval) for another two years, if I'm not mistaken. It's extremely unlikely that Qatar and KSA will renegotiate anything right now - they have zero diplomatic relations. The possibility of KSA outbidding Qatar for the PL rights in the whole region is pie in the sky stuff. They don't have the expertise, nor the finance to do that. Nor the finance We are dealing with kids mind here. Wish I was a kid like. My username and my broken English might be doing me a disservice here but my posts on the topic appear far more researched than most on this thread. Sorry if I offended you but what I try to say is Bein was founded in 2014. All the Qataries did was hired Brits and pay them crazy money. Trust me The Saudis can create something similar quickly.

Whilst I lean towards the theory that it will get sorted and the sale will be completed, I don't think the resolution will involve BeIn Sport being broadcast in Saudi Arabia. I think the Royal Family will want local control of the broadcast into Saudi homes so they can control what advertising materials and affiliated content comes along with the broadcast. Saudi Arabia is a very-conservative country that finds many more liberal principles to be highly offensive so they would likely be intolerant of any extra content that comes along with the BeIn broadcast. So I suspect they will pay for KSA Sport to have it's own broadcast license - possibly paying some compensation to BeIn, via the Premier League as part of the license fee, so Saudi Arabia doesn't directly send money to its enemy. Agree. Like any other country, KSA can bid for the rights and show the PL locally. To do that now, they need to renegotiate with BeIN, cause they own rights for the whole MENA region (with KSA's approval) for another two years, if I'm not mistaken. It's extremely unlikely that Qatar and KSA will renegotiate anything right now - they have zero diplomatic relations. The possibility of KSA outbidding Qatar for the PL rights in the whole region is pie in the sky stuff. They don't have the expertise, nor the finance to do that. Nor the finance We are dealing with kids mind here.

Yes I remain hopeful too. If you hear the pod on tyne podcast in this deal the most important thing is to agree with Ashley and make him sign the agreement which they did. It took months to reach to this point and it it not too hard or long from now on. Wait lads dont read of too much of negativity.

I think that’s undoubtedly part of the current hold up. It may not even need to be sorted for this to go through, but I think the prem will want some sort of assurance from Saudi going forward, either they allow Bein to broadcast in Saudi or they split the MENA region. I don't think they will split the current deal. It is more like allowing Bein to be broadcast legally for now.

If the government dont block it yes people of Saudi can get subscription from Qatar. The largest population from GCC countries is Saudi since season 2017-18 onwards Bein is blocked in Saudi.