27 May 2019 08:50:48
Do any if the Eds know if Newcastle United has been sold by Mike Ashley?
{Ed001's Note - not yet, not as far as I am aware of speaking to members of the family said to have bought it anyway. They say talks have taken place but Ashley is not easy to make a deal with.}
1.) 27 May 2019
27 May 2019 10:18:54
Top bloke Ed thanks ðŸ‘. Seems to be some conflicting reports floating around.
{Ed001's Note - people are just hoping to be right and be the first to say it, so are jumping in ahead. Sheikh Al Nehayan is desperate to own a Premier League club and will keep trying until he does own one. I would not be surprised if he is also one of the parties involved in talks over Leeds.}
2.) 27 May 2019
27 May 2019 10:47:01
Interesting. Way to rain on a parade but again thank you.
{Ed001's Note - I wouldn't lose hope, the Sheikh would prefer Newcastle over the other potential options, so it is just about Ashley.}
3.) 27 May 2019
27 May 2019 11:08:05
That's the problem Ed 😂.
{Ed001's Note - sadly that has been the problem for a long time. He says he wants to sell but he keeps finding obstacles to ensure he doesn't.}
4.) 27 May 2019
27 May 2019 11:23:05
I agree comepletely with that. Well from my viewpoint at least, if he is serious, he surely won't get a much better chance than this.
{Ed001's Note - fingers crossed he decides to sell this time. Football would be a much better place without him involved.}
5.) 27 May 2019
27 May 2019 11:23:05
I agree comepletely with that. Well from my viewpoint at least, if he is serious, he surely won't get a much better chance than this.
{Ed001's Note - fingers crossed he decides to sell this time. Football would be a much better place without him involved.}
6.) 28 May 2019
28 May 2019 08:54:01
Hey Ed001
How do you see the level investment being?
Will this be to the scale of Man City with training complexes and regional investment? Or more like Wolves, Everton and Leicester?
Also how will FFP impact? Seems like they wouldn't have same opportunities as Man City and PSG to over invest to catch up with all the changes.
Always thought the Citeh owners should have bought Newcastle.
Makes for a very competitive league.
{Ed001's Note - they will follow a plan similar to City I would expect. It is the way they work, planning for the grandkids futures rather than their own. So it will be very long term. However I don't think the potential in the area is quite the same as Man City to regenerate around the ground. I should say I don't know if it is rather than don't think. I don't know how much of the surrounding environs they would be able to get control of and rebuild. So it will probably end up being somewhere in between City and Wolves type of investment.}
7.) 28 May 2019
28 May 2019 10:28:57
Going to be really interesting to watch play out.
Also with City, PSG plus others benefiting from Pre-FFP rules on over investment it will be interesting to see if this is challenged. Definitely makes it harder for them to scale as quickly as those others and protects the status quo (which ironically includes City) .
{Ed001's Note - I wouldn't get carried away yet, this announcement is more about putting pressure on Ashley than it is about it being done. Though it does seem Ashley has met his match this time, this guy does not mess about.}
8.) 28 May 2019
28 May 2019 13:41:47
Fair point, I'm genuinely interested in how it plays out.
Would be interested in if thrle fit and proper person test (has anyone failed? ) would be an issue with the human rights issues and amnesty international's comments around sports washing.
{Ed001's Note - honestly there is far too much made of this through ignorance. Every country in the world, just about, has human rights issues. There is no such thing as clean money.}