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After some painstaking research I’ve finally managed to pinpoint exactly when the deal went tits up

So there it is, the dust has settled and we can now just continue to make up the numbers in the league and allow the top 6 to take all the trophys and money.

Man city this man city that. We've had this shit for years. Yank businesses using their yank newspaper influence to print shit and set the narrative. You won't believe it because the smear campaign has gone so deep but city have been attacked by the uefa g14 clubs with all sorts of accusations, ALL based on "explosive" new evidence presented by der spiegal or the nytimes. Hacked emails doctored by reporters started the latest uefa ban. (I don't expect anyone to believe this its way beyond that) So I totally assume this is what has happened with nufc, the opposition and their media propaganda just do not want to compete with new money clubs. Fsg (and their past ownership of the nytimes), the American owners of United will have done everything to highlight whatever it takes to get this stopped. Given what city have done to upset the apple cart they just don't want more competition. I feel sorry for nufc because I fkin hate Ashley, but obviously I wanted Newcastle takeover to go ahead because its good for football, its been so much better than the days when ONLY United were allowed to win things, but most importantly it would have taken the heat off city, Soz, selfish, but we're totally sick of the cartel clubs dictating what happens.... Meanwhile United continue to have links to Saudi businesses sports investment Wtf!

I’d fucking love it if the PL were taken to the cleaners over this. You’d think that there would be a case to answer given the ownership at Man City not coming under anything like the same scrutiny. I also wonder if it would be deemed legal to not have any timescale on the fit and proper test etc

One of the very few local journalists to come out of this without damaging their reputation imo. Always stood firmly on the side of fans, worked to try and give the information he knew without seeking out positive or negative false information.

Not making a decision, refusing to put a timeframe on the decision, imposing unreasonable conditions and then refusing to comment about it afterwards absolutely stinks of high-level corruption imo. What excuse do they have for such a lack of transparency?

I know I never mention this particular grievance, but if the government really cared about people's physical health they'd have found a way to let parkrun restart by now. 200,000 people a week getting some exercise for free, thousands more getting the mental health and social benefits of volunteering - GPs even prescribe it now. But indoor gyms and the like make money whereas an outdoor volunteer-led event doesn't, so...

I was fully on board until this bullshit.

I think the best bit is he seems to be completely inept in business terms. He’s utterly full of shit as well which they’ll lap up, as you say. He made his money off ‘flipping’ a Zimbabwean tobacco farm which he never actually owned and sold to the Chinese at an inflated price in a country where the Chinese already have a large presence, investment-wise, and would have seen this conman coming a mile off. He used the nonexistent funds to supposedly develop an energy drink which was actually started in Croatia by someone else anyway and you can’t buy it anywhere and is owned by a company with fuck all money in the bank. Add to that he’s a boxing promoter who seemingly only looks after a fat Scottish heavyweight who’s lost nearly half his fights despite never having been in with anyone of any quality. Finally, Covid-19 is a conspiracy because he doesn’t want to have to wear a mask because he can’t fit one on that goes over his manky, a decade out of date, hipster beard. I fucking hope he buys the club because you just know it’ll be done using loans secured against the club and its paltry assets if he can get anyone stupid enough to let him have the funds. It’s the least they deserve

I bet the champagne was flowing in Charnley Towers last night. 'Daddy gets to keep his job!'

Cancelled Now TV and my contract with BT is up in September and that'll be going as well. Now TV is automated so just put in the comment box over not wanting to watch a corrupt PL. They probably won't give too much of a fuck but there you go, like the first time I chucked my ST on the desk like a disgruntled sheriff chucking his badge at the chief after he's pulled them out of the shite after I'd got a ratty reply from someone at the ticket office that I could easily be replaced, it felt briefly satisfying. *Aware that last bit was written in a similar style to the man who once wrote about the man who once sung head over heels to describe a certain Joseph Kevin Keegan.

You know, we have just been shafted out of potentially the best future any football club on the planet ever had. Cheers Premier League.

Like when two right nasty bastards team up to fight Spiderman (Fish can fill the blanks in). Except in this case, Spiderman is a total cunt as well.

As well as the cheek of quite a few to suggest that because it is such a special club it is only a question of time until someone else will come and buy the club and make it great. We fucking had to wait 13 years for someone even agreeing a sale with the fat bastard. In the meantime almost year after year the club has been made gradually worse and shallow. They can just fuck of.

Hi Markus, I too am a huge fan of Newcastle United and of ducks. I have the exact same duck but bathtime just wouldn’t be the same without it and for that reason I can’t let it go for any less than £56.45.

If there’s anything that the last 13 years have taught us it’s that we should be optimistic about the future

I actually wish Benitez had never come as I’d have been completely finished with professional football about 4 years earlier

Excellent. After the way they went on yesterday I hope the cunts go bust & cease to exist. Is there another league one club swinging as high as them apropos “rivalry”? Most clubs realise they’re fucking shite and shut the fuck up. Ashley is the lowest ebb in our entire history and we're TWO DIVISIONS above them.

I'm sure I've read somewhere that the exclusivity ended on June 25th. On or around the date that Carroll got a years extension on his contract & Manquillo gotta 4 year contract. Was it coincidence, or did Ashley know then there was no chance of this takeover happening. Same as the fun88 & Puma contracts being extended https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/manquillo-and-carroll-agree-contract-extensions/

Finished Snowpiercer. It reminds me of Murder on the Orient Express. In MOTOE, there’s a murder on a train and in Snowpiercer, there’s a murder on a train

If it is as Staveley says that the told them to neither approve them nor reject them then the consortium will have a strong legal case. Same applies for the timeframe of not getting a decision until the expiry date of the takeover contract. For damages they can start with the deposit the fat bastard did pocket.

Did it last night. TBF they didn't seem to care lol

Dirty manc, spreading his germs.

If you’ve got sky sports, cancel it. If they ask why, tell them. Same with BT

I can’t see a way back. I guess the league will just argue that they simply did follow their procedures and that they did nothing wrong. They probably even drove to Barnard Castle to get the owners tested. Bit there will be nobody of note speak up for Newcastle and really put pressure on them. It will just fade out then,

Can’t be arsed with it anymore tbh. It’s been a complete waste of time, and I dont know why the saudis would want to pursue it any further, it’s not like it’s a critical deal for the PIF. No doubt social media and the press will be full of made up nonsense and opinion but its not worth wasting any time on it imo

I was talking to my mate’s son from Accrington and he said ” Sunderland , who are they?”

I read half of that and went looking for the PM you twat 😂😂

We can all settle on "UKolibobs", yah?

I would love that. The dual pincer of two ‘orrible cunts in Ashley & KSA.

Oh look, it’s the poor man’s Luke Edwards

Aye but he posted a gerrin about the mag takeover being off so therefore he’s a MLF. I can’t wait to hear about how he just has to move some money around and secure a few loans anytime they want to buy a player. Honestly man when will they fucking look at stuff objectively? There’s a reason everyone is worried about this Henry Mauriss, he seems completely full of shit and as things stand Ashley honestly does seem a better option, if he came out saying mackems are little paedo supporting tramps that shite on seats I’d still not be on board with the bloke.

The fact that the PL refused to give a time scale which was the final straw is deliberate cowardice.

I suspect it’s aimed at Asian households but they don’t want to say that

I think it was more a case that the 3rd umpire decided there was insufficient evidence to change the decision. It was down to the wording of the DRS review system at the time, even though it was absolutely clear. I also remember, during an ODI in Australia one time, Mr Cricket saying "I don't walk, mate". "Do as I say, not as I do"

It is not dead as long as there isn’t a coffin carried through the streets of Newcastle.

Oh, I’m sure they will… and then the inevitable fan-owned AFC sunderland will also go bust after signing Adam Johnson in the FTM Ex-Nissan Workers Amateur Racists League.

It is the sheer hypocrisy that does anger me most. They complain about sports washing but give Qatar a free reign, you can include bein to that does fulfill its purpose to promote the nation as well. They complain about the influence of states but give Man City a free reign being basically owned by a state. They also do nothing about their violations of financial fair play.

More likely to end up signing Glenn Miller.

I'll be honest I didnt fancy the Saudis myself however the rule is, was and always will be 'anyone but Ashley'. Cans out of the fridge and will be going down my neck very soon.

So close to have a club that actually tries to win something only to have it snatched away at the death. Typical fucking Newcastle United.

So the Premier League got exactly what they wanted. Think that’s me done with football like. What’s the fucking point of watching a football club whose owner has took the absolute piss for 13 years and had actually sold the fucking club, imagine his apathy now? On top of that I’m not watching a brand that is literally telling us we’re going to be shite, they just sat on this deal and frustrated until this happened purely to keep the Liverpool, Man Utd etc wankfest club going. Sorry like this is a complete joke.

Theres a chance it might not be true you know