When has a takeover ever taken this long, so many clubs are owned by shady people that bought them through shell companies, why didn't the legal team do the same, this should have all been sorted before a bid was made.
How fuckin shit is Ashley's legal team, couple that with Staveley the deal maker and it seems like a right bunch of muppets no wonder the Saudis and Reubens are keeping quiet.
Just read the whole thing, Jones is a lot more more tactically focused and made a huge difference, Howe is the best he has ever worked with and Bruce is a nice fella that made him laugh.
When the accounts have been released in the past the annual wage bill always seems massively high to me, could Ashley be taking money out by giving himself or company a huge wage ?
This is all looking like a replay of his Sunderland career, if he can't get Wilson scoring (like he couldn't with Bent the second season) he's knackered.
Apparently Ashley had a dodgy deal with the owner to buy shares in a media company that are in Ashley's name but used Newcastles money, similar to the Strawberry land sale