Redandwhitedust
Striker
If the Saudis didn't want to own us they wouldn't have begun the conversation, let alone get to the O&D stage.
Honestly, I think you overstate the interest from the Saudis. As I said earlier in this thread, the only party showing any enthusiasm and expectation was Amanda Staveley.
I think she wanted to own you, and she had talked the Reubens and PiF into putting up some money to achieve that. PiF saw it as an investment/publicity opportunity, the Reubens saw opportunity as well.
But the main noise came from Staveley again.
If the Saudis wanted to buy Newcastle I am sure they would have found a way. But they just didn't want it that much when things got tricky