Newcast-Al, Shearer's Toon takeover talks

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ALAN SHEARER has been asked to front a £250million takeover bid for his beloved Newcastle.

 

The Toon legend has been approached by a consortium of businessmen based in the North-East who want to buy out the club's billionaire owner Mike Ashley.

 

And the former Magpies skipper (right) has admitted he is ‘intrigued' by the offer.

 

A Tyneside source close to the talks said: "Alan has been contacted by a group who want to try and buy Newcastle. They're from the North-East and he knows some of the people who are involved.

 

"He certainly knows they are capable of raising the cash to put a very good offer to Mike Ashley.

 

"What they want from Alan is not his money but his support, his blessing. The man is a living legend on Tyneside so to have him on board, even just as a figurehead for the bid, would be a massive boost. It would also be welcomed by the fans who'd love to see Alan in some role at the club.

 

"It is certainly a fascinating proposition for him but he is refusing to rush any decision.

 

"He wants to have a good think about it before giving any answer."

 

The would-be buyers have been energised into action after the recent turmoil at the club.

 

A shaky start to the season cost manager Sam Allardyce his job and the return of Kevin Keegan has failed to halt the Toon's alarming slide down the Premier League. A relegation battle looms unless results dramatically improve.

 

Keegan had wanted Shearer to become part of his backroom team but the former Toon captain's television commitments prevented that.

 

Ashley insists he does not want to sell and is adamant he will turn the club around.

 

The Newcastle owner has recently recruited millionaire property whizzkid Tony Jimenez to the board and brought in ex-Leeds manager Dennis Wise as executive director of football to work alongside Keegan in recruiting new players for the club.It's all part of Ashley and chairman Chris Mort's re-organisation of the club's structure.

 

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[peasepud 59]

As newspaper bollocks go that has to be the Buster Gonad of stories.

[snakehips 0]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.

 

I did hear a rumour that the owner of The Rendezvous Cafe on Whitley promenade was prepared to put a grand in so it must be true

Edited February 17, 2008 by snakehips

[Tom 14021]

Cant they think of anything original?

[NJS 4446]

With NR effectively gone are there any businesses left in the NE with a spare £250m between them?

 

Thought not.

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Next Sunday..Shearer to come out of retirement and become NUFC player-manager-chairman.

[Ketsbaia 0]

With NR effectively gone are there any businesses left in the NE with a spare £250m between them?

 

Thought not.

 

Sage must be fairly well off. I can remember one of the founders being linked with a takeover a while back.

 

It's all balls anyway.

[NJS 4446]

With NR effectively gone are there any businesses left in the NE with a spare £250m between them?

 

Thought not.

 

Sage must be fairly well off. I can remember one of the founders being linked with a takeover a while back.

 

It's all balls anyway.

 

There was talk of him buying out FF for about £25m before Ashley appeared - a long way from £250m