Reports coming in are that Newcastle will make an announcement on Monday over efforts to sell the club.
Mike Ashley – decision will be made today we think
Owner Mike Ashley was expected to make a decision sometime today on the sale and whether to keep the club for another year.
He has apparently given Barry Moat until 5:00 pm Newcastle time to make the deal.
And there still seem to be talks continuing with local businessman Barry Moat. And it could be that talks are also ongoing with two other consortia, but that’s less certain.
Ashley wants a £100m deal for the club, or else reports suggest he will just not sell.
It’s true that the longer things go on without a sale being reached, the more likely it will be that Ashley will stay.
We hope some news will filter through about the decision before Monday, but if Ashley decides to keep the club he will need to make a decision over his new manager.
With Chris Hughton doing so well with Colin Calderwood we have to think this points to Joe Kinnear being given the job again.
That’s even if it means waiting a month or two for Joe to be fully fit after his open heart surgery in February, because Hughton and Calderwood seem to have the support of the players at the club.
We don’t think Chris Hughton is the right man to remain in charge but he’s shown he’s an excellent coach, as is Colin Calderwood, and we would expect them both to stay on at Newcastle.
The squad is threadbare right now and whoever is announced owner and manager will need to get new players in quickly.
On Monday there will be just over a week left in the transfer window, what a ridiculous situation to be in.
We also think if Ashley strays then some players will want to leave, and we expect Steven Taylor and Nicky Butt may be two of them.
Now we have a few days to wait – well we’ve already waited almost 13 weeks – in fact on Sunday it will be 13 weeks since we were relegated by losing 1-0 at Villa Park.
We think if Ashley stays on, it will be very difficult to get the fans behind him, since he’s not well liked at all on Tyneside, and that’s putting it mildly.
Comments welcome.
138 comments so far
batty
Aug 21, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Comment #121troy go fck y self and havent got a facebook now go play with stardust
batty
Aug 21, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Comment #122and he told me you are his joey lacky and y always skiveying arood after him
Rangerman
Aug 21, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Comment #123So we have to sell 3 more players to bring the wage bill down and pay off some of the overdraft so Moat can borrow the money to buy us?
People will be happy to start with at getting rid of Ashley and getting Shearer in as manager, it won’t be long after that when people realise being owned by someone with no money that is using the club as a cash cow to pay off his personal loan isn’t such a great idea after all.
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Comment #124@ Batty
Where are you from?
My prediction is one of 5
Cowgate, Walker, Byker, Scotswood.
I live in Gateshead.
Too posh for you.
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Comment #125@Rangerman
Are you 18 months behind the times or what?
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Comment #126@ Batty
I’ve just had your lad on the phone. Have you put your put your money in the TV box?
He reckons you only put 50 pence in the neet and it will not last till 2 o’clock man!!
You little stinker!
Have you changed your underpants Batty? Have you?
Last week is too long!
I can smell them from here and you live in Scotchy!
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Comment #127Lets all laff at Nora ,woo hoo hoo hoo hooo!!!
batty
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Comment #128troy lol u crack me up kid and iam from whitley bay
batty
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Comment #129troy stardust reckons hes gone the pub tonight why arnt y with him
batty
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Comment #130troy tell our kid hes a lyer a left a pound on top of the telly
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Comment #131@ Batty
Are you taller than 5ft 5inches?
You sound smaller.
Roy v Ratters
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Comment #132@ Nora Batty
If you are from Whitley Bay you must be some kind of hermit crab!
Only when you dare speak you peer from shell and say a few words then hide like a hermit as the world slags you off.
deal with it Nora!!
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Comment #133Are true Geordies from Whitley Bay or from Gateshead?
We own the Tyne Bridge. We pay taxes towards its up keep. Do you?
batty
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Comment #134troy 6ft 5 and never hidden unlike u hiding from the mob you dipshit fck your most probs a mackem
batty
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Comment #135go sniff another line lol
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Comment #136There is nee way ye are 6ft 5in!
You come across like a 5ft 6in snowman!!
Actually, I live in Ryton in Gateshead and i love the fact that when I shit in the bog and flush, my turd floats down the Tyne and settles on your doorstep.
Woo hoo hooo hoo! You can pap all you want Butty but it always floats back on your doorstep!!
Woo hooo hoo hoo!!
Troy Stavers
Aug 21, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Comment #137Batty can you phone me on 0191 101 101
or oi9o lol lol
Solaidback
Aug 22, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Comment #138Stardust/Billy/Troy=Muppet=one & the same!!!
Ed, why do you let these flamin idiots ruin this blog for the rest of us real TOON fans???
From the way this story is being posted that Mike Ashley is making an announcement on Monday as to the takeover of the TOON, I would say don’t expect him to come out & say it’s a done deal, as to me, it sounds like he’s going to tell us that the deal has failed with Moat & that he’s staying in charge for the forseeable future due to no one being able to find the £100m he’s looking for!!
What he’s not going to say is, that it’s not just £100m he wants, it’s also £40m to cover the overdraft & another £50m to cover players/staff wages, so the reason no one is willing to buy the club is because it’s not costing £100m, it would cost them £190m!!!
As for Moat’s American backers not putting money in until he gets the club, this is possible but very unlikely, unless they want Moat to prove he genuine & then they give him the money he’s used to buy the club but I doubt it very much!!!