The Newcastle United Blog

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

10:19am Monday, August 3rd, 2020

Commented 2 times

Football Italia are reporting on a piece in Tuttomercatoweb that finally the Friedkin Group are getting close to a takeover of Italian club Roma.

The price agreed is now €600M (£540M), and the current Roma owner James Pallotta, could then invest some of that money in buying Newcastle United, with the emphasis on could.

This is not the first time Pallotta has been linked with buying Newcastle.

Football Italia reported back in January that Pallotta was interested in buying Newcastle once the sale of Roma went through to the Friedkin Group.

But the deal was interrupted by the terrible coronavirus pandemic that hit everybody financially, but now the deal has been revived and is likely to go through very soon, according to Tuttomercatoweb.

The original proposal was that Roma would be sold for €800M (£720M), but that has been reduced by 25% to €600M.

So those rumors from early in the year are now resurfacing with the Saudi- financed takeover, led by Ms Amanda Staveley, having collapsed last Thursday.

But it would mean Pallotta (shown above) and his people would need to go through due diligence at Newcastle and that can take some time.

But Mike Ashley shouldn’t have any problems with Pallotta being able to prove he has the funds to buy Newcastle for around £300M (€333M)

But this is all conjecture, of course, and we have no idea what his vision would be if he did buy Newcastle United.

How much would he be willing to invest in the club now becomes important.

That comes after the Amanda Staveley led consortium had big ideas to transform Newcastle into one of the best football clubs in the world.

What would Pallotta’s vision be for Newcastle is a very good question.

What do you think?

Note – here’s a petition to sign to get an independent review of the EPL Takeover process – please sign it – thanks.

2 comments so far

WLtoon
Aug 3, 2020 at 10:28 AM
Comment #1
Good morning all,
Here we go again, more BS stories about takeovers. Give it a rest Ffs.
I will never believe a takeover story again after the last farce.
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giimps
Aug 3, 2020 at 10:35 AM
Comment #2
It’s all true, the world isn’t flat and hollow
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17 February, 2023

I have an update on what's happening with my treatment for prostate cancer.

Last week, my oncologist called me late in the day and said he thought it was best to terminate my treatment with radium 223 dichloride because it was having such a negative effect on my health - specifically my digestive system.

I had completed 3 of the planned 6 infusions.

They had looked at the bone scans and three CAT scans I had early last week, and they showed no signs of the cancer spread being slowed or stopped: in fact, it was continuing to spread and my PSA account continued to rise.

The only treatment left now is to go back and have another bout of chemotherapy with docetaxel being the medication used.

I understand this will be a 7-month job with 10 sessions 3 weeks apart - almost double my first chemo treatment in Apil 2017, when I has 6 treatmnts.

The problem I have is that I'm in a very poor physical state right now, due to my digestive system being basically torn apart by the radium 223.

The radium 223 has leaked into my digestive system and caused me to have severe diarrhea, nausea, and heartburn, and it was (is) very serious.

They said it was too dangerous to proceed with the radium 223 treatment, with little benefit being shown.

I am also suffering from severe exhaustion, basically, because I have zero testosterone, and all the treatments I've had for the cancer, have further lessened the energy available to me.

It reminds me of the saying that if cancer doesn’t kill you - the treatment will (laugh).

It will probably take up to 8 weeks to get back to a physical state where I can start chemotherapy, and that's where I am now, but the cancer continues to spread in the bones.

I've also been put in touch with the dietitian from UNC Healthcare, who will help me get back my health - she is very helpful.

So that's where it stands it's been quite a journey over 12 years and I think I've had almost every treatment available.

It has really taken a toll on my body and on my energy, but that's where it stands and obviously, I'll do the best I can in the upcoming months with chemo and hope I can get through it.

It is as it is - and another challenge in life.

Ed Harrison