Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sir David Jones, the chief executive of JJB Sports, is embroiled in an extraordinary row over revelations he borrowed £1.5m from billionaire Mike Ashley, the boss of rival sportswear chain Sports Direct and owner of Newcastle United.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Former Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd is being touted as the favourite to buy strifetorn club.
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley expects to receive two formal bids for the club of around £90million this week. read more
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
• Mike Ashley set to take whopping loss on investment • Malaysians shown around St James' Park on Thursday A Malaysian consortium reportedly submitted an £80m bid to Mike Ashley for control of Newcastle United yesterday. The Malaysians, who were shown round St James' Park on Thursday after watching the slightly bemused players being put through their paces...
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
reliance communications chairman and managing director anil ambani has denied he is buying the english football club newcastle unitedaccording to the sun ambani the sixth richest man in the world was understood to have given toon owner mike ashley a weeks deadline to accept a 260million pound offernow it turns out that ambani is not in talks with the tyneside cluba company statement read...
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The sale of Newcastle moved a step closer after a group of Asian businessmen were shown around the club. It is understood that the potential buyers, thought to be from Malaysia, were given a tour of the club and have returned to London to continue discussions with Mike Ashley.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner, has been urged to accept offers for Obafemi Martins, the forward, and Fabricio Coloccini, the defender, to smooth the sale of the club.
SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The soap opera saga of Newcastle United has taken yet another turn as it has emerged that former Chairman Freddy Shephard has made a £60 million bid to regain control of Newcastle United from Mike Ashley. Shephard is said to be fronting a consortium to regain control of the club he left two years ago and [...]
Cultsha (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Freddie Shepherd has today announced a consortium bid from a group of Northern investors interested in pissing on the business grave of Mike Ashley, the current owner of Newcastle United. According to reports Shepherd and his consortium have offered up to £60 million, the same price just paid for a single player in Christiano Ronaldo, for [...]
Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Mike Ashley is set to suffer one last humiliation as Newcastle owner, after a Freddie Shepherd led consortium launched a £60million bid for the Magpies. Ashley bought out the former chairman two years ago as part of a deal for the club worth £134million. However he is now likely to accept Shepherd's bid, despite initially trying to sell the club for £300million...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Newcastle United could have new owners by the middle of next week as Mike Ashley's two-year tenure at St James' Park draws to a close.
icNewcastle - Newcastle United (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
MIKE Ashley is expected to know the identity of Newcastle United’s new owners by the weekend with a formal public announcement scheduled to be made early next week.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
• Former chairman wants to buy club from Mike Ashley • Alan Shearer could become manager if Shepherd arrives Freddy Shepherd is hopeful a deal can be struck which would allow him to return to Newcastle United as part of a buyout of the club's troubled owner, Mike Ashley. The sports retailer wants to sell and Shepherd is keen to strike an agreement to come back...
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Freddy Shepherd is quietly confident of successfully buying out Mike Ashley at Newcastle United . read more
Unprofessional Foul (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
If you ever needed the proof that Mike Ashley is as good at business as I am at giving credit to Ipswich Town, then read on. Mr Ashley has so far spent 244 million smackers on troubled Newcastle United. Last summer he wanted 300 million for the club, a place where his face didn't belong and until recently he wasn't welcome . Desperate to get out, Ashley recently slapped...
