Chinese Consortium interested in buying NUFC

[Donkey Toon]

That is a no from me.

Primarily I have an aversion to trying to buy the league. Hate every club that has mega-rich owners who try to do it and i'm not going to be a hypocrite by welcoming it if it happens with my club.

Besides Ashley is backing the club to an extent that I feel comfortable with.

And then it is also possible that any new owners could wreck the club beyond fixing. It doesn't always work out after all.

[bodacious benny]

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[Toondes]

It's a no from me

[TBC]

[The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco]

Oh God No!

[Sir Bobby]

Assuming this is true this I should either gonna be excellent or truly f***ing awful

[Don Sholeone]

Hopefully this happens after the new ownership rules come in otherwise the risks of being shafted are high

[The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco]

Apparently they are one of a number of international buyers interested in us...

[Micky Quim]

Didn't this story crop up last year too?

[bodacious benny]

Didn't this story crop up last year too?

Maybe they've been Peking at our accounts this whole time.

[The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco]

Didn't this story crop up last year too?

Yeah, but i think that was mainly twitter/internet rumours. I don't think SSN reported on it (from what i remember).

I think this time it's more concrete, especially as we are now a prem team again.

[Don Sholeone]

Bidding war

[Mag_Laad]

Aww ffs! I've been quite happy with the pudding Ashley for the past year, I actually don't want him to leave. Imagine what it would do to Rafa and the stability we have

[TBC]

Will the club be sold in the coming weeks?
Watch this space. It is quite possible that nothing will happen and Newcastle simply continue under Mike Ashley’s ownership but senior club sources acknowledge that there has been discreet interest from assorted parties in recent months. If – and it is only an if – a takeover does happen, expect it to be as sudden and unexpected as Manchester City’s switch to Emirati control.

Possible buyers? Well, the state of Qatar is reportedly weighing up purchasing a Premier League club and rumours of Chinese interest refuse to disappear. Ashley would demand a high price, and is sufficiently contrary to suddenly decide to keep the club, but purchasers are attracted by those 52,000 crowds, Newcastle’s international reach – the former chairman Freddy Shepherd may have exaggerated slightly when he once claimed his was the world’s eighth most popular team but the club are undeniably high profile – their rare city-centre location in a regional capital and, of course, the transformative presence of Benítez.

By Louise Taylor of the Guardian back in April.

[The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco]

Will the club be sold in the coming weeks?
Watch this space. It is quite possible that nothing will happen and Newcastle simply continue under Mike Ashley’s ownership but senior club sources acknowledge that there has been discreet interest from assorted parties in recent months. If – and it is only an if – a takeover does happen, expect it to be as sudden and unexpected as Manchester City’s switch to Emirati control.

Possible buyers? Well, the state of Qatar is reportedly weighing up purchasing a Premier League club and rumours of Chinese interest refuse to disappear. Ashley would demand a high price, and is sufficiently contrary to suddenly decide to keep the club, but purchasers are attracted by those 52,000 crowds, Newcastle’s international reach – the former chairman Freddy Shepherd may have exaggerated slightly when he once claimed his was the world’s eighth most popular team but the club are undeniably high profile – their rare city-centre location in a regional capital and, of course, the transformative presence of Benítez.

By Louise Taylor of the Guardian back in April.

I think we all slaughtered her for that as well....

[Don Sholeone]

I wonder how much the report on our brand growth has forced some buyers hands

[bodacious benny]

Imagine the State of Qatar bought us

[Speedo]

Imagine the State of Qatar bought us

Possibly one of the few who would make Mike Ashley look like a compassionate businessman. I for one don't want my club's ownership connected with human rights abuse and torture.

[Acid Hippo]

It's a pretty massive risk. We could end up like Man City or like Blackburn Rovers. It's too unpredictable.

[Double Agent Bruce a.k.a DAB]

Tbh I'll be happy with that. Of course depends of the buyer and there's always some risk. But there's a risk with ashley too. For his 10 years at the club, he had just a few good calls which after all he corupt them.

My optimism is based on this, that first those chinese blokes must pay an enornous sum for the club. It's not like buying Villa or Rovers or Hull. Which means they are not some random guys and must have some plan and a brain. Not just throwing their money away or buy the club for fun. And secondly, they would know how the football game is running. ashley had whole 10 years to figure that out. They alsow will know what an asset geordie crowd are. ashley figure that out in the last year. Before that he doesn't give a flying f*** about the fans.