Stifler Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Can I make a request? Can people who want to discuss the politics of Saudi Arabia do so in either the politics or Saudi Arabia thread? This has been a long going discussion on this thread. Once it ends, a few days or so later it crops again. This thread is supposed to be about the takeover. It is well established that some fans are welcoming the takeover without taking any notice of the domestic and foreign politics of Saudi Arabia, and even the UK. Some are very conflicted, happy on one hand for the club and their city, unhappy when question their politics, and some are unhappy totally. I don’t think we are going to get in a position where anyone’s opinions is going to change anytime soon, we are essentially just going round in circles. Can we not just leave it and accept others have a difference of opinion, either inside this thread or in the wider world. Can we get back to discussing the actual details of the takeover, people’s hopes and ambitions etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonShandy Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 nufc.com saying it's a done deal. "We understand that the much-heralded purchase of Newcastle United by a consortium comprising the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Amanda Staveley and the Reuben brothers will be ratified and announced before next weekend. That will follow the granting of formal approval of the deal by the Premier League - a process that has taken around five weeks, due in part to controversy over the Saudi involvement and efforts to restart the season." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 There’s gonna be crossover like. I don’t see the problem in talking about it. I get the positivity thread being a thing but it’s as if people want to ignore this. 100 people make the same point 100 times a day on 100 topics. It’s just what happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 New poster comes on - gets effectively told to fuck off in a relevant topic; it’s not on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 nufc.com saying it's a done deal. "We understand that the much-heralded purchase of Newcastle United by a consortium comprising the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Amanda Staveley and the Reuben brothers will be ratified and announced before next weekend. That will follow the granting of formal approval of the deal by the Premier League - a process that has taken around five weeks, due in part to controversy over the Saudi involvement and efforts to restart the season." Was just about to post this. Can’t wait until it is official. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 nufc.com saying it's a done deal. "We understand that the much-heralded purchase of Newcastle United by a consortium comprising the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Amanda Staveley and the Reuben brothers will be ratified and announced before next weekend. That will follow the granting of formal approval of the deal by the Premier League - a process that has taken around five weeks, due in part to controversy over the Saudi involvement and efforts to restart the season." They wouldn’t say that unless they’d been given the nod by a contact. Pretty significant IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Silent Face Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 That's a big development .com saying that like! Sounds like it's by Friday! I'm all in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 This is the week! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godzilla Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 nufc.com saying it's a done deal. "We understand that the much-heralded purchase of Newcastle United by a consortium comprising the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Amanda Staveley and the Reuben brothers will be ratified and announced before next weekend. That will follow the granting of formal approval of the deal by the Premier League - a process that has taken around five weeks, due in part to controversy over the Saudi involvement and efforts to restart the season." They wouldn’t say that unless they’d been given the nod by a contact. Pretty significant IMO. Something has happened for them to post that I would say. They have been pouring cold water on it all the way through and basically not commenting on it much at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 It's a bit late on a Sunday night to start with the gifs though, timing is appalling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 nufc.com saying it's a done deal. "We understand that the much-heralded purchase of Newcastle United by a consortium comprising the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Amanda Staveley and the Reuben brothers will be ratified and announced before next weekend. That will follow the granting of formal approval of the deal by the Premier League - a process that has taken around five weeks, due in part to controversy over the Saudi involvement and efforts to restart the season." They wouldn’t say that unless they’d been given the nod by a contact. Pretty significant IMO. They have been pouring cold water on it all the way through and basically not commenting on it much at all. I think, like everybody else, they were just sick of all the false dawns, and as they probably didn’t have any first hand info they just really stated the bare minimum. So for them to now say it’s done, they must have been told by someone in a position to know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Why would they know more than anyone else? Not being a twat, just genuinely interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godzilla Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Why would they know more than anyone else? Not being a t***, just genuinely interested. They have been pretty good over the years at getting updates about signings and such and for them to actually come out and say that is pretty significant. They are usually the first to rubbish things also. They must have some contacts I would imagine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godzilla Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 nufc.com saying it's a done deal. "We understand that the much-heralded purchase of Newcastle United by a consortium comprising the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Amanda Staveley and the Reuben brothers will be ratified and announced before next weekend. That will follow the granting of formal approval of the deal by the Premier League - a process that has taken around five weeks, due in part to controversy over the Saudi involvement and efforts to restart the season." They wouldn’t say that unless they’d been given the nod by a contact. Pretty significant IMO. They have been pouring cold water on it all the way through and basically not commenting on it much at all. I think, like everybody else, they were just sick of all the false dawns, and as they probably didn’t have any first hand info they just really stated the bare minimum. So for them to now say it’s done, they must have been told by someone in a position to know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 That's enough for me to start chilling the champagne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 There’s no way they write that without it being info passed on. Its #cans time ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Why would they know more than anyone else? Not being a twat, just genuinely interested. I think they’ve definitely got a contact within the club at a lower level. Often getting reports on BCD Reserve or junior matches. Could be that club staff have been told? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Why would they know more than anyone else? Not being a t***, just genuinely interested. They have been pretty good over the years at getting updates about signings and such and for them to actually come out and say that is pretty significant. They are usually the first to rubbish things also. They must have some contacts I would imagine. Signings is one thing but the purchase of a club, with NDA's etc, are they likely to have a contact that high up and in such a tight circle of people who are genuinely involved ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I'm off work until Thursday. Please happen on my days off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I'm off work until Thursday. Please happen on my days off. My furlough period ends this week and i'm working from Wednesday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godzilla Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Why would they know more than anyone else? Not being a t***, just genuinely interested. They have been pretty good over the years at getting updates about signings and such and for them to actually come out and say that is pretty significant. They are usually the first to rubbish things also. They must have some contacts I would imagine. Signings is one thing but the purchase of a club, with NDA's etc, are they likely to have a contact that high up and in such a tight circle of people who are genuinely involved ? Couldn't tell you they may have contact high up or may not have. One thing I do know is they don't usually post stuff unless they think it's correct. Time will tell but I personally think it's pretty significant. As I said earlier they have poured cold water on takeover talk pretty much all the way through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 It's a shame Dave isn't here with regards to the provenance of takeover news by .com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Why would they know more than anyone else? Not being a t***, just genuinely interested. They have been pretty good over the years at getting updates about signings and such and for them to actually come out and say that is pretty significant. They are usually the first to rubbish things also. They must have some contacts I would imagine. Signings is one thing but the purchase of a club, with NDA's etc, are they likely to have a contact that high up and in such a tight circle of people who are genuinely involved ? Couldn't tell you they may contact high up or may not have. One thing I do know is they don't usually post stuff unless they think it's correct. Time will tell but I personally think it's pretty significant. As I said earlier they have poured cold water on takeover talk pretty much all the way through. We can but hope Could feel like another long week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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