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Have Leicester spent £50m+ in successive windows?

 

The culture of the club is riddled with an acceptance of failure. That's what holds us back more than anything, and what won't change until he's gone.

 

You can't put this Newcastle United right with a few players, not now.

Exactly this.

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Have Leicester spent £50m+ in successive windows?

 

The culture of the club is riddled with an acceptance of failure. That's what holds us back more than anything, and what won't change until he's gone.

 

You can't put this Newcastle United right with a few players, not now.

Exactly this.

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Would be interesting to see what would happen to Newcastle if one day some rich t*** bought his shares in SD? Maybe that could be our best escape route?

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Down 13% now.

 

According to this he owns 55,14% of SD shares. Don't know exactly how money, but he must be losing hundreds of millions today, and probably well over a billion since last month. Could this have an impact on NUFC? Surely he will be looking to sell valuable assets if this continues?

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Down 13% now.

 

According to this he owns 55,14% of SD shares. Don't know exactly how money, but he must be losing hundreds of millions today, and probably well over a billion since last month. Could this have an impact on NUFC? Surely he will be looking to sell Sissoko & Perez if this continues?

 

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How many shares does he have? Wondering how much he is down since the start of December.

 

SD peaked in August at 815p a share and is down around 46% since then. Ashley's holding (assuming its been constant at 55%) has fallen in value from about £2.68bn to £1.43bn, so that's a cool £1.25bn off his stake.

 

By comparison, the FTSE100 is down 11% in the same period.

 

A bit like the fans at NUFC, a lot of shareholders do not like the way he runs the business- some are vocal about it and others keep quiet as long as results are on track. But when things aren't performing, all those governance issues (working practices at Shirebrook, USC, appointing his daughter's boyfriend etc) all come to the fore.

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How many shares does he have? Wondering how much he is down since the start of December.

 

SD peaked in August at 815p a share and is down around 46% since then. Ashley's holding (assuming its been constant at 55%) has fallen in value from about £2.68bn to £1.43bn, so that's a cool £1.25bn off his stake.

 

By comparison, the FTSE100 is down 11% in the same period.

 

A bit like the fans at NUFC, a lot of shareholders do not like the way he runs the business- some are vocal about it and others keep quiet as long as results are on track. But when things aren't performing, all those governance issues (working practices at Shirebrook, USC, appointing his daughter's boyfriend etc) all come to the fore.

 

Did you find out how many shares he owns? I calculated it as around 577m based on that Guardian article I linked which said he had sold 2,6% of his stake or 15,4m shares early last year.

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Down 13% now.

 

According to this he owns 55,14% of SD shares. Don't know exactly how money, but he must be losing hundreds of millions today, and probably well over a billion since last month. Could this have an impact on NUFC? Surely he will be looking to sell valuable assets if this continues?

 

Why? Unlike shares in his shitty company, the premier league money is rock solid. It's only his own lack of investment which might end up jeapordising that if we get relegated and that's totally self inflicted.

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Down almost 16% today. Seriously, he could well be in trouble here.

 

His worth is down today but he isn't going to suddenly sell all his shares today. He's more likely to buy shares in SD while they are relatively low (from their highest). That's what he's done in the past. Since buying NUFC his worth has gone from over £1BN, to less than £1BN, to over £3BN. Shares are long term investments. I doubt he's watching his share value on a day by day basis.

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