Mike Ashley (former owner) (still alive)

[Guest godzilla]

Because of the absolute s*** from journalists and wannabe twitter ITKs over the last 72 hours they feel they have to come out as their reputation has been questioned. Look they have stated Ashley has agreed and signed off the takeover and it's in the hands of the league. If it's s*** Ashley will be coming out with his own statement very soon

 

We having a bet then?

 

Yep go for it don't want to put you out of pocket but £10 to any named charity. How's the investigation with Nick going anyway? 

[Joe_F]

Sun hawk that broke the story

 

 

What's "heads of terms" ?

[54]

This story is wild

[Kasper]

You really have to question the motive behind all these press releases. For me they mean that they arent very close at all. If they were what would be the point?

 

Because of the absolute s*** from journalists and wannabe twitter ITKs over the last 72 hours they feel they have to come out as their reputation has been questioned. Look they have stated Ashley has agreed and signed off the takeover and it's in the hands of the league. If it's s*** Ashley will be coming out with his own statement very soon

 

I think their reputation would be just fine if they just finalised the deal in complete silence.

 

Actually their reputation would be better since that'd be the professional way to handle this.

[mrmojorisin75]

Sun hawk that broke the story

 

 

What's "heads of terms" ?

 

Same as Mou ahahaha

[Guest godzilla]

You really have to question the motive behind all these press releases. For me they mean that they arent very close at all. If they were what would be the point?

 

Because of the absolute s*** from journalists and wannabe twitter ITKs over the last 72 hours they feel they have to come out as their reputation has been questioned. Look they have stated Ashley has agreed and signed off the takeover and it's in the hands of the league. If it's s*** Ashley will be coming out with his own statement very soon

 

I think their reputation would be just fine if they just finalised the deal in complete silence.

 

Actually their reputation would be better since that'd be the professional way to handle this.

 

Disagree totally, if it's s*** let's wait for the Ashley statement then as per Staveley as he has been quoted as signing off on a legal document

[Gallowgate End]

Sun hawk that broke the story

 

 

What's "heads of terms" ?

 

Same as Mou ahahaha

 

 

 

 

[TRon]

I know they claim that MA has signed paperwork, and hopefully that is true... but other than that, this seems to be going all 'Staveley' again.

 

One side appears to be doing all the running and noise making, until Fatboy gets 'frustrated' and pulls the plug with 'Timewasters'. Remember, Staveley showed Caulkin the bids she'd submitted, but MA/the club claimed no bids were made.

 

Lets hope this latest statement prompts some sort of official response from MA's side, so we can either get on the bandwagon, or hoy wa'sells in the Tyne.

 

Staveley never claimed a price had been agreed from what I recall.

[Guest godzilla]

I know they claim that MA has signed paperwork, and hopefully that is true... but other than that, this seems to be going all 'Staveley' again.

 

One side appears to be doing all the running and noise making, until Fatboy gets 'frustrated' and pulls the plug with 'Timewasters'. Remember, Staveley showed Caulkin the bids she'd submitted, but MA/the club claimed no bids were made.

 

Lets hope this latest statement prompts some sort of official response from MA's side, so we can either get on the bandwagon, or hoy wa'sells in the Tyne.

 

Staveley never claimed a price had been agreed from what I recall.

 

Correct as no price was ever agreed

[Teasy]

Sun hawk that broke the story

 

 

What's "heads of terms" ?

 

Its a letter of intent to buy the club which would outline details like the agreed price, payment details and other info about the proposed purchase.

[Gallowgate End]

Sun hawk that broke the story

 

 

What's "heads of terms" ?

 

Its a letter of intent to buy the club which would outline details like the agreed price, payment details and other info about the proposed purchase.

 

MOU

[Pons Alias]

“So-called fit and proper” is an odd, slightly aggressive phrase to use, isn’t it?

[Joe_F]

Sun hawk that broke the story

 

 

What's "heads of terms" ?

 

Its a letter of intent to buy the club which would outline details like the agreed price, payment details and other info about the proposed purchase.

 

[Sima]

Sun hawk that broke the story

 

 

What's "heads of terms" ?

 

A lot of contracts have very standard detail in them.  ‘Heads of Terms’ is used to signify the key details in any agreement.  Say you took out a rental on a house, you’d have all of the standard rental info and your heads of terms would be likes of rent payable per month, term of contract, etc.

[sbnufc]

Seeing 'Newcastle' on the list of potential destinations for players like Mbappe, Ramos and Bale is just plain fucking weird.  Gonna take a hell of a lot of getting used to if this actually happens

[timeEd32]

I don’t understand why the Bin Zayed group is releasing these statements unless they are annoyed by incorrect information being circulated in the press. However their statements are specific enough I think we would have absolutely gotten a statement from Ashley/the club if they were completely making it up.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I don’t understand why the Bin Zayed group is releasing these statements unless they are annoyed by incorrect information being circulated in the press. However their statements are specific enough I think we would have absolutely gotten a statement from Ashley/the club if they were completely making it up.

 

Think you've answered your own questions there.

[Gallowgate End]

Can we have a vote for if people believe this conman will take us over or not

[Guest godzilla]

I don’t understand why the Bin Zayed group is releasing these statements unless they are annoyed by incorrect information being circulated in the press. However their statements are specific enough I think we would have absolutely gotten a statement from Ashley/the club if they were completely making it up.

 

Think you've answered your own questions there.

 

[Kasper]

I don’t understand why the Bin Zayed group is releasing these statements unless they are annoyed by incorrect information being circulated in the press. However their statements are specific enough I think we would have absolutely gotten a statement from Ashley/the club if they were completely making it up.

 

I dont think they are making everything up but I dont see why they'd release these if the deal was a matter of days/a week from completion. They are playing something, probably trying to push Ashley.

 

Think we'll be waiting for a while to see if anything happens.

 

E; I mean it wouldnt make sense to be that annoyed if they knew they could complete the deal soon. Then none of this would matter or be remembered.

 

 

[Guest godzilla]

Can we have a vote for if people believe this conman will take us over or not

 

Honestly you're off your tits

[mrmojorisin75]

Seeing 'Newcastle' on the list of potential destinations for players like Mbappe, Ramos and Bale is just plain f***ing weird.  Gonna take a hell of a lot of getting used to if this actually happens

 

We're not getting daft levels of money to spend, people don't think that do they? Normal owners pls, grow commercial revenue maybe invest a bit. Keep Rafa and build the club slowly. That's all we need.

[Gallowgate End]

Can we have a vote for if people believe this conman will take us over or not

 

Honestly you're off your tits

 

The Sheikh Brendan Rodgers you heard it here first

[Zero]

I don’t understand why the Bin Zayed group is releasing these statements unless they are annoyed by incorrect information being circulated in the press. However their statements are specific enough I think we would have absolutely gotten a statement from Ashley/the club if they were completely making it up.

 

I dont think they are making everything up but I dont see why they'd release these if the deal was a matter of days/a week from completion. They are playing something, probably trying to push Ashley.

 

Think we'll be waiting for a while to see if anything happens.

 

E; I mean it wouldnt make sense to be that annoyed if they knew they could complete the deal soon. Then none of this would matter or be remembered.

 

Because people outside UAE are shouting for further info from them

[tmonkey]

You really have to question the motive behind all these press releases. For me they mean that they arent very close at all. If they were what would be the point?

 

If the deal is done and dusted pending PL approval, as it's likely to be given the nature of the stories we've had (The Sun never ran an article outright stating "club sold" during the Kenyon/Staveley bids) there's probably no reason not to make statements to reassure fans, the manager, players, etc.

 

They also probably didn't anticipate the amount of made up shit being thrown around by clueless journalists completely in the dark. And because it's Mike Ashley there's probably people within the club who have no idea what's going on. I imagine Charnley is shitting bricks at the moment as he's about to be unemployed, and I can see Ashley not bothering to give him a call.