Optimistic Nut Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Get out of here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Personally, and I'm putting my neck on the line here, I think PCP are genuinely trying to buy the club. Nuts I know. Delewded Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 My takeover theory(hope) is as follows: - The takeover has been agreed, with at most just some minor quibbles over wording of the agreement. - Stories about major differences between the parties are just part of the game to keep people off the scent. - We will get in to January without an announcement being made. - Our first player acquisitions will be made prior to any takeover announcement, but will be strangely ambitious given no announcement. - Mid-way through January the takeover will be announced, with it being confirmed the announcement was delayed to keep selling clubs from jacking up their prices for a now cashed up NUFC. - That the reason Rafa is apparently so calm in the face of our current form is he knows and has orchestrated all of this, and he knows what is transfer kitty looks like. Something like... David Luiz on loan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Funds will be in place for January. That’s all we need to worry about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Funds will be there. The fat cunt will give Rafa bare minimum to spend. The fund should should be enough to pay some loan fees. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Imagine us not spending anything in January though. Which actually is a real possibility. Crouch on loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nattfare Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 They're all Keith Bishop pawns! All of them! Staveley is Bishop in disguise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1988 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Happy birthday Mike Ashley. Let's just hope when he was opening his cards this morning there was one with a cheque in it for £300m and a note saying 'Happy birthday Mike, wishing you the best for the year to come - now fuck off out of my club. Lots of love, Amanda' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Three times in 11 years. f*** off. Worse when you consider we'd only been relegated 4 times in 115 years before he arrived. Devil's advocate, but how many years did we spend outside the top flight after those 4 relegations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Three times in 11 years. f*** off. Worse when you consider we'd only been relegated 4 times in 115 years before he arrived. Devil's advocate, but how many years did we spend outside the top flight after those 4 relegations? 7 years, 4 years, 6 years, 4 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Based on nothing, an official club statement announcing a deal being agreed for the sale of the club and the ratifying process has been started by the Premier League will be made on Thursday afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 So on average 5 seasons to come back. Chances are there'd have been a few more relegations if we'd bounced back after 1-2 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Based on nothing, an official club statement announcing a deal being agreed for the sale of the club and the ratifying process has been started by the Premier League will be made on Thursday afternoon. So you are just having a guess this could be announced Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Based on nothing, an official club statement announcing a deal being agreed for the sale of the club and the ratifying process has been started by the Premier League will be made on Thursday afternoon. The most pointless of posts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 So on average 5 seasons to come back. Chances are there'd have been a few more relegations if we'd bounced back after 1-2 years. You're comparing apples and oranges tbf, football in recent times is completely different to the first 100 years we existed as a football club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Based on nothing, an official club statement announcing a deal being agreed for the sale of the club and the ratifying process has been started by the Premier League will be made on Thursday afternoon. So you are just having a guess this could be announced Yup. It's the holiday season. Fat Mike wants to sell before Christmas. That's when it'll happen. Based on nothing, an official club statement announcing a deal being agreed for the sale of the club and the ratifying process has been started by the Premier League will be made on Thursday afternoon. The most pointless of posts Won't be when it happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Based on nothing, an official club statement announcing a deal being agreed for the sale of the club and the ratifying process has been started by the Premier League will be made on Thursday afternoon. Personally, what a fucking great birthday present that'd be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 "The proposed takeover of EPL side Newcastle United "has reached a critical stage, with disagreements about the value of the club if it is relegated from the Premier League preventing a quick deal" between Owner Mike Ashley and prospective buyer Amanda Staveley, according to Binham, Vandevelde & Ahmed of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The sides are "still in talks, but questions persist over how to structure a deal" should Newcastle, which has dropped to near the bottom of the league, fall out of English football's top tier, "a failure that would decimate the value" of the club. Contrary to a "flurry of reports that stoked fans' expectations" last week, PCP Capital, the investment company founded by Staveley, has not increased the £250M ($333M) offer it made four weeks ago. Ashley initially sought as much as £400M ($532.9M). Staveley is "resisting paying a high price up front and will not be swayed by promises of a rebate should Newcastle be relegated," according to people familiar with the talks. People close to both sides denied reports that a deal was imminent. The possibility that Newcastle might be relegated for a third time under Ashley's decade-long proprietorship "remains a critical issue." Unless concessions are made soon, a deal "may not be completed before the next transfer window closes in January" (FT, 12/15)." Sounds worryingly plausible. The deal might be still on, but could drag on with relegation looking like it's becoming a bigger factor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfroP Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 when its officially announced. i'll get excited about it until then. as far as i'm concerned, mikes greed and our level of shitness is going to cause the deal to fall through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Reading between the lines, it sounds like PCP Capital would still be interested in NUFC even if relegated (obviously depending on the price). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Reading between the lines, it sounds like PCP Capital would still be interested in NUFC even if relegated (obviously depending on the price). I'm not sure Rafa would stay tho, maybe we'd have to break the emergency glass and fetch keggie back for a repromotion charge again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 There's a new piece in the Telegraph, another nothing piece that tells us stuff we already know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 From hayden: “The club has so much potential but it’s never going to be realised under the current ownership. I don’t think it’s because Mike Ashley doesn’t want to realise it. “I think it’s that he can’t afford to fully realise it. Look at the Man City owners or the Glazers at United. “The money that has to be spent in the Premier League, just to be competitive at the top end of the table is absolutely crazy now. He’s just not in that league and he genuinely cannot compete. RIP Isaac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Sensationalised those headlines in the Chronicle mind. Bascially, we'd be able to challenge if we had absolutely minted owners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Little Waster Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Announcement due Xmas Eve . £327M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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