Jimbo 175 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 MIKE ASHLEY has tried to flog Newcastle to the company who want to buy Liverpool. Toon owner Ashley’s people have approached a third-party financing firm called PCP in a bid to get Dubai Investment Capital to switch targets from Anfield to St James’ Park. They were told Newcastle was available for £300million but word came back that DIC were not interested. Despite the knockback it seems clear that Ashley wants out. The multi-millionaire sportswear mogul bought the club last summer for £130m and took on debts of around £100m. Ashley hoped bringing back Kevin Keegan as boss would give the club a boost but it has not worked. His decision to appoint Dennis Wise as scouting director was also attacked. An unnamed consortium, which is hoping to get Toon legend Alan Shearer as boss, are prepared to pay £250m for the club. But that is £50m below Ashley’s valuation. A Toon insider told SunSport: “If Ashley is serious about selling there will be plenty of interest — but possibly not at the price.” DIC are determined to buy Liverpool but Americans George Gillett and Tom Hicks have vowed to keep the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 For fuck sake! 39 pages of sport! I hope they're not all as well written and researched as that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offshore Toon 0 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 The only way they could have made him look more evil is by photoshopping a picture of him punching a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 ... okay, FA Cup weekend and a break for the Toon, what can the London media report on now? I know, let's make up a story about Newcastle, they're always good for a laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 So it's because KK hasn't instantly brought success? Aye, that seems reasonable like. Worst thing is, people not only buy but actually believe this shite too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 The quality of headlines at the Sun has gone downhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 All you can really say is.....'lol' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1280 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 It makes no sense at all if you think about. Ashley's actions (sitting with the fans, wearing a toon shirt, bringing in Keegan) all seemed to be geared around having a good time with the club. Now to me the best way to do that is to give the manager a load of money to bring in some top class players and see us have a real go at challenging for something. Selling up now before he's had a chance to back his man and hopefully enjoy the results of that seems completely at odds with everything he's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 So it's because KK hasn't instantly brought success? Aye, that seems reasonable like.Worst thing is, people not only buy but actually believe this shite too. Yeh, that scares me like Lads on the music forum having another go http://www.musicradar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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