Re: Newcastle United Watch - Jamal Khashoggi memorial edition

by Robespierre Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:10 pm

Probably this is even worse than last relegation in Championship for Mole.

by RealGunner Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:40 pm

An entire country wanted to buy a football club. Love mole but thank god this didn't go through.

Football still needs sanity.

by Firenze Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:06 pm

yeah just a little funny that all of a sudden the football overlords have a conscience?

Abramovich's entire fortune is built on blood and misery

by Art Morte Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:19 pm

Newcastle fans should be happy that a despicable country like the Saudis didn't become the club's owners.

by RealGunner Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:47 pm

Your club is owned by the worst war criminals the world has ever seen.

pipe down with the blame

Saudi is a great country. Best country believe me. Some of the best people, great people, tremendous people live there.

by BarrileteCosmico Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:16 pm

Art Morte wrote:Newcastle fans should be happy that a despicable country like the Saudis didn't become the club's owners.

yeah agreed with this. better to be owned by a despicable billionaire like they currently are.

by Hapless_Hans Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:00 am

Firenze wrote:yeah just a little funny that all of a sudden the football overlords have a conscience?

Abramovich's entire fortune is built on blood and misery

It's not about conscience lol

The controversial £300m takeover of Newcastle United collapsed on Thursday after a Saudi Arabia-led consortium withdrew its bid amid growing fears it would fail the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test. In effect the consortium walked before it was pushed.

The Guardian also understands the Premier League privately told the bid team weeks ago that it regarded the Saudi Public Investment Fund – which was hoping to acquire an 80% stake in Newcastle – as part of the Saudi state. That proved to be a key intervention because the kingdom has repeatedly blocked the Premier League taking legal action against the pirate broadcaster beoutQ for illegally streaming matches.

Crucially the owners’ and directors’ test is failed if a crime, such as piracy, is committed overseas that would also be considered one in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/30/newcastle-united-takeover-falls-through-as-saudi-led-consortium-pulls-out

They'd fail the 'director's test' for not acting against illegal streaming.
Being a clan-led tyrannical feudal state, murdering and chopping apart journalists, suppressing women, gays and dissidents, supporting Sunni terrorism, acting out genocide in Yemen, and fueling the general destruction of planet earth wouldn't have been a problem.

by Firenze Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:38 am

well that makes a lot more sense

all about the dollar

by CBarca Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:51 am

Sounds like they care about the important things then tbh

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:55 pm

Robespierre wrote:Probably this is even worse than last relegation in Championship for Mole.

RealGunner wrote:An entire country wanted to buy a football club. Love mole but thank god this didn't go through.

Football still needs sanity.

Guys i truly haven't given a shit about this club in years.

I appreciate the love, but don't worry about me. Even if the takeover did happen i doubt i would have cared.

I've barely followed the news at all, to the point i just found out about this takeover not happening this morning. Laughing

by Arquitecto Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:51 pm

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"Guys i truly haven't given a shit about this club in years.

I appreciate the love, but don't worry about me. Even if the takeover did happen i doubt i would have cared.

I've barely followed the news at all, to the point i just found out about this takeover not happening this morning."

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:06 pm

I dunno what more can i say to prove my words.

I haven't watched a game in over 3 years and haven't consistently watched in over 5.

I haven't followed any news regarding the club in 2 years and i couldn't tell you who plays for us lol.

These aren't the actions of someone who cares lol.

by Kaladin Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:26 pm

BREAKING: The Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle United could be completed as soon as today@SkySports_Keith has all the latest from St James' Park pic.twitter.com/3IrPVHMZyE
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) October 7, 2021

by Kaladin Thu Oct 07, 2021 1:44 pm

Pep Guardiola leaving Man City after hearing Newcastle are getting a £5 billion transfer budget next season pic.twitter.com/ALHdwq5IqR
— Uzair ???????????????????????? | (@CFCUzair) October 7, 2021

Deceased

by Mamad Thu Oct 07, 2021 2:20 pm

Saudi's will buy everyone to win everything asap. they have no patience. and by everyone i don't mean just players and coaches.

by M99 Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:18 pm

Mbappe is set on Real Madrid but I can genuinely see Halaand go to Newcastle especially if the reports of Raiola wanting to make him the highest paid player in the world are true.

They can also easily get those wantaway players that elite teams didn't need and no one else could afford this summer like Bernardo Silva, Laporte and Coutinho.

by M99 Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:38 pm

Its done.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2283712

by Mamad Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:40 pm

M99 wrote:Mbappe is set on Real Madrid but I can genuinely see Halaand go to Newcastle especially if the reports of Raiola wanting to make him the highest paid player in the world are true.

They can also easily get those wantaway players that elite teams didn't need and no one else could afford this summer like Bernardo Silva, Laporte and Coutinho.

add Sterling.

by Robespierre Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:49 pm

So it means we 'll see back Mole on General Football Section also beyond NT tournaments ? What a time to be alive

by Hapless_Hans Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:56 pm

M99 wrote:Mbappe is set on Real Madrid but I can genuinely see Halaand go to Newcastle especially if the reports of Raiola wanting to make him the highest paid player in the world are true.

They can also easily get those wantaway players that elite teams didn't need and no one else could afford this summer like Bernardo Silva, Laporte and Coutinho.

Haaland isn't going to Newcastle..

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:09 pm

Guys calm down lol, even if they have City money they aren't convincing world beaters to join them until they very least are in Europe.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:11 pm

Robespierre wrote:So it means we 'll see back Mole on General Football Section also beyond NT tournaments ? What a time to be alive

Unfortunately no, i just don't care about the sport really.

I doubt this will change anything, i would have been really excited 6 or 7 years ago despite also being really conflicted due to the background of the owners.

by Firenze Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:12 pm

Haalaand to newcastle? cmon now

give them 5 years of competing maybe then they can attract elites, but yeah they can easily vacuum up the players a step below the elite

Lingard for 40M

Maguire would also look great in a Newcastle kit pause