Early on Saturday, the Chronicle reported that a second consortium interested in purchasing Newcastle United was in the early stages of due diligence.
That report said that the unnamed group was going through the books at Newcastle. However, they were quick to note that it was still business as usual as far as the club was concerned.
This would be a second ‘serious’ consortium along with the Saudi-backed group led by Amanda Staveley. The Chronicle also reported that they have approached both the club and the Saudi group but received no new information.
So the most recent information on the PIF consortium is that American entrepreneur Carla DiBello may have been the one to suggest the idea of purchasing Newcastle to the Saudis.
There had been speculation that more bidders were in talks to buy Newcastle. The news that another group is looking at the books is not too surprising if accurate.
However, that doesn’t mean they are anywhere close to reaching an agreement with Mike Ashley, which will be where the real test lies.
The fact that this second group remains unidentified could be a positive sign and show that they are remaining tight-lipped about their plans.
Pete Graves, with Sky Sports, tweeted the following on Saturday, verifying that he too is aware of a second group.
Aware there's another serious bidder at the table yes. Reports are correct. But as I've maintained throughout. No idea how close any group is to a major breakthrough yet. The recent quietness tho is not necessarily a bad thing. #nufc https://t.co/d4DFCF8H0u
— Pete Graves (@PeteGravesSky) February 15, 2020
It’s all at a standstill as far as Newcastle fans go. There’s still a faint hope that something concrete will develop in the coming weeks and months.
However, it’s all far too much of an unknown to raise our expectations too high.
178 comments so far
Munster Mag
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:00 AM
Comment #161Nufc83 good to hear from you again. Is Rose fit? Surely he shud be played as he wud love a cut off arsenal?
geordietom
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:00 AM
Comment #162Jamaal …
hope they are right what they are saying on twitter mate …
as i said i’m still confident about it …
Jamaal Dubravka
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:03 AM
Comment #163geordietom
Aye and if it does happen then you and Amerimag will be heroes 😉
hibbit
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:03 AM
Comment #1643 points today would we be safe ???
😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉
Munster Mag
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:04 AM
Comment #165Jamaal. Snap re Rose
Munster Mag
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:07 AM
Comment #166Good on you Tom. I have kept believing too. I have a feeling that if he goes, there will be a agreement to keep advertising SD at the ground for a couple of years or more, in some way. And perhaps a % ( more than we wud want) of revenue from shirt sales to SD?
investinyouthtoon
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:08 AM
Comment #167Rotonda heights at 150. Last part re Ashleys quotes speaks volumes. Hopefully this is the time he actually does the right thing (except bring in rafa the football dinosaur) and flogs to somebody who can take the club forward. Imo this time it feels the stars are aligning to a brighter tomorrow.
Onto the match, what with the weather it may be a good shout to get the ball to St max and miggy and let them run for fun rather than lump it long. Hoping for a narrow win probably 2-1, but hoping for Positive news on takeover shortly as well. HWTL
Munster Mag
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:10 AM
Comment #168Would Allegri be a newer version of Rafaball? Incidentally if Bruce was 6th or more behind Arteta and all these shiny younger managers, surely we can’t hang Charnley for just going for the nearest dull brit manager as we have been doing? Seems reasonable?
geordietom
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:11 AM
Comment #169Jamaal …
i like everyone else just wants a change of ownership , some one who will take the club upwards and onwards mate . Ashley has over stayed his welcome . cant happen quick enough …
Munster Mag
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:12 AM
Comment #170Is there new noise on Twitter. I’m not a tweeter, anything solid etc? Jamaal?
Bills Son Is Back
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:13 AM
Comment #171OP,
Fair play on your last post.
We’ve both got caught up in the mud slinging and I’m happy to bury the hatchet and agree to differ in a sensible manner. That will make a change for us both. 🙂
As it happens, I’ve just got back from a long walk along the Tweed with my rescue dog, got him when he was 9 months old five years ago.
I normally take both my dogs for a walk but our latest rescue, a 12 year old we got 6 months ago, woke up yesterday and struggled to get on his feet. Vet reckons he’s got arthritis and we need to give him shorter walks than the mad 6 year old. So that’s the wife’s job from now on.
You have a good day too and ;let’s hope it’s capped off with at least a point today.
HWTL.
Rotonda heights
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:14 AM
Comment #172Munster
I think you need to contextualise, if that’s a word.
Top scorers in the champo
5th highest scorers 2nd half of last season.
Before the arrival of Almiron, I really don’t think we had anyone capable of getting us up the pitch in any meaningful way, champo obviously yes, but not in the PL. Therefore there were periods when we had to grind out results in much the same way Bruce is doing now, albeit with Dubravka, a superb Rafa signing for peanuts, having to make the most saves in the PL and for once enjoying a lot of luck this season.
Rafa could never dream of having a 40M striker bought for him as he consistently had to put out entire teams costing less. My point is there was a plan B with Rafa, ie the form of Rondon and Perez once Miggy arrived. There is nothng to suggest in Bruce’s 20 year coaching CV that at 59 he will suddenly morph into a progressive attacking coach. Arteta or Poch would be great but I really think under Rafa with some decent backing like bruce has enjoyed (”I’ve never had so much money!”) then incrementally we could have got top 8 this season.
DaveD1000
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:15 AM
Comment #173Munster
nothing solid…tweet in arabic saying it is closer then all the usual.feeling in me wayer, My gut says etc etc
geordietom
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:16 AM
Comment #174Munster …
as long as they dont bend to his whims and he wants 5 years of free advertising . give him 5 % stake no more than that . hopefully whoever buys the club will have plenty money and they can turn the club around . AKA Keegan type football …
investinyouthtoon
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:16 AM
Comment #175As for the managers, surely to move on from rafa would have been given the job to a younger foreign/British manager ie wilder, howe or even Thomas Frank from Brentford and saying here are the foundations to build upon. Now go ahead and push us along and build something for generations to come. That would have been too logical for the club to do though.
geordietom
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:29 AM
Comment #176my wife has got to go in for a operation in a couple of weeks i cant be arsed with the sniping , i come on here to read everything NEWCASTLE UNITED related . and what happens the BOGEY MAN ( JAIL ) not only him there’s another poster and i’m sick and tired of his pompous ( clue ) way of talking to me . so be good lads and stop your crap …
lesh
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:34 AM
Comment #177Bills Son Is Back
On the face of it, any newcomer to The Blog would take your post (@126) at face value and form the impression that you’d been maligned by those nasty nasty anti-Ashley posters, screamers as you call them.
However, were that newcomer to look back and search out your previous posts and responses thereto, he/ she might see that your post @126 was nothing more than an attempt to refresh your reputation with a coat of paint, black and white. Bill, that post seemed plausible, suggesting you were keen to be rid of Ashley but and sorry, it doesn’t express the same sentiments as those you’ve posted of late.
If you do deplore the way Ashley’s ruined Newcastle United, stop apologising for the greedy bustard.
lesh
Feb 16, 2020 at 11:37 AM
Comment #178Nufc 83, geordietom
Thanks for your kind words about my plea to the frog. It may sink in though it may not.
geordietom
Hope your wife’s op goes well and it does what it’s intended to do.