Those having a good giggle at the expense of Newcastle United can carry on laughing as it has emerged a £150 million deal to takeover the club was nothing more than a joke. A deal that was meant to buy the club for £90 million, install Alan Shearer as manager and allow £30 million for transfers appears to be a hoax as the merry go round on Tyneside continues to spin.Newcastle’s current owner, Mike Ashley, has put the club up for sale with a price tag of £100 million. After inviting even more criticism for attracting abusive e-mails from Sunderland fans to club officials, as well as snubbing Alan Shearer in any decisions being made, Ashley continues to make a mockery out of the club.
The mystery group citied an investment banking group as the people who would fund the project and although this group is in negotiations over a possible bid, nothing has been made concrete. Therefore it appears that the press release relating to the deal was nothing more than a wind up and Newcastle fans may as well get back under the duvet as they may well have to hide for a little bit longer while things blow over.
It is blatantly obvious that Newcastle United need stability. This is why reported negotiations over a deal for the club is good news. However, they seem to be the subject of everyone’s jokes at present and this news is no different. It couldn’t really happen to any other club than Newcastle and things seem to be going from bad to worse.
How the most important officials at the club have not just handed in their notice and left is remarkable. After anyone was just invited to e-mail the club about players and buying the side itself, no one would have blamed an employee for walking away after receiving abuse and threats in their personal inbox form some Sunderland fans.
It makes you scratch your head and wonder what is actually going on at the club on a daily basis. There must be someone in an office somewhere at St James’ Park that has the ability to use a bit of logic and common sense in order to stop things from spiralling out of control.
The next moves are quite simple. Get the takeover and ownership of the club sorted as quickly as possible, done in a way that will make employees want to stay not jump ship. This will allow the club to appoint a permanent manager a lot more quickly and hence he can get to work on building a side for next season and keeping some of the club’s best players.
It will be a hard campaign for Newcastle when the Championship starts. They are likely to get a lot of abuse at every ground they go to and it needs a hard line management and playing staff to be able to take it all on the chin. However, if things do not improve quickly then they will be stuck visiting these grounds and not playing back in the big time.
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