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Mike Ashley (former owner) (still alive)


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or he could have just been there to watch a game without having to pay

 

Basically aye. He's there because he can be, making people speculate and enraging fans for 30 seconds will just be a bonus for him.

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It’s been speculated/reported that ashley could have been there as a message to the fans.  It’s equally likely he could have been there as a message to the buyers.

 

What’s the message?

 

Don't play the "the fans are going to make your life hell if you don't sell to trillionaires" card.

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Probably nothing but...

 

30 Jan:

Ashley’s private plane (G-MATO) flies from London to Genève, Switzerland.

 

The Reuben Brothers are located in Genève: https://www.reubenbrothers.com/general-contacts/

 

2 Feb:

After three days in Genève the plane returns to London.

 

3 Feb:

Four days without any activity (days when his plane was in Genève) Ashley’s helicopter (G-MAOL) leaves England and flies to France and was spotted very close to Mohammed Bin Salman’s mansion near Versailles.

 

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4 Feb:

The helicopter returns to England and High Wycombe before flying to Oxford in the evening. Ashley in the stand watching Oxford - NUFC.

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Anyone a subscriber to the Financial Times?  Its got an article regarding Saudi buying NUFC for £350m.  Probably just a rehash of what has been published elsewhere. but just wondered whether it has any legs seeing its published in the FT.

 

Last articles I can see are 25/26 Jan. Only things that stand out that I've not seen widely reported elsewhere are...

 

PCP putting in 20%

£200m earmarked for spending

 

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:lol:

 

I was reading some quotes from his first interview

 

Referring to reports a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund is discussing buying Newcastle United, having first considered Manchester United, Masters said any new owner would be subject to “due diligence” and background checks.

 

The league’s “fit and proper persons” test for owners and directors bars people who have criminal convictions, including those who have committed acts in other countries which would be considered crimes in England. Asked whether there would be an investigation into the key people involved in a Saudi fund if it did take over a club, Masters said: “We do an enormous amount of due diligence, we do; so it’s not just that we receive the forms … and take them at face value. There are background checks, and that’s the same for everybody.”

 

Honestly, impressive how much he avoided the question completely

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Mike's prescence didn't fill me with confidence last night. It's hard to imagine why he'd be there if he's on the brink of selling.

 

He's a weird bloke.

Mike's prescence didn't fill me with confidence last night. It's hard to imagine why he'd be there if he's on the brink of selling.

 

He's a weird bloke.

 

There is 0 logic to Mike showing up or not - no way is he sending any messages to anyone. Bloke literally had nothing else better to do so turned up. Brucie probably invited him and quietly dedicated the W to him.

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