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Let's all laugh at Newcastle

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Martins, Nolan, Cisco, Collocini, Geremi, Duff, Taylor, Taylor, Enrique , Butt, Guitierez, and that will be missing a few, will all be on top six prem wages, and will only attract clubs who will pay only a fraction of that.

It really is such an awful shame.
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My heart is bleeding for the geordie nation !
 

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hefty em said:
Just read this on another forum and it deserves to be on here, a mag, on hearing that ex members of Drumaville are looking at taking over at hotch potch park.


Bannana stripes and now Charlie Chawke, fer fecks sake Ashley bring on Coco the Clown and have done.
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more good news.
Newcastle United sale stalls as financial liabilities scare off potential suitors

• Due diligence uncovers worrying facts about financial liabilities
• Uncertainty at club breeds unrest amongst players



* Louise Taylor
* guardian.co.uk, Monday 13 July 2009 20.42 BST
* Article history

Mike Ashley

The Newcastle United owner, Mike Ashley, is having trouble convincing prospective purchasers that his club is a worthwhile investment. Photograph: Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto

There is a growing possibility that Newcastle United will not be sold this summer. A source close to the efforts to find a buyer for the Championship club has revealed that Mike Ashley may still be in control at St James' Park this autumn.

Although two consortiums remain interested in buying Newcastle for a figure close to the £100m asking price and others hover in the background, the due diligence process is understood to have exposed troubling facts about the club's financial liabilities. "The process is moving extremely slowly, there is still genuine hope of a sale but it's not looking imminent," said the source. "Newcastle comes with a lot of baggage."

Ashley's problem is that once the transfer window closes at the end of August interested parties are likely to postpone any purchase until shortly before it opens again in January or even next summer. Football clubs are rarely sold outside transfer windows and Newcastle's would-be buyers are believed to be concerned about the club's wage bill. That stands at around £65m per annum and is proving a stumbling block.

While paying £100m for Newcastle could prove a sound investment if the club bounces straight back to the Premier League, a second season in the Championship would be a huge drain on resources.

Though Newcastle could offload some high earners such as Obafemi Martins, Joey Barton and Fabricio Coloccini this close season, realistically any moves are likely to be completed only if the club continue paying a portion of their former players' wages. When Leeds United sold Robbie Fowler to Manchester City Elland Road kept on meeting a sizeable percentage of his salary and a source close to Newcastle admitted: "The fear is we could end up in a worse financial mess than Leeds did."

Ashley, who has retreated from the public eye in recent weeks, is consequently faced with the unpalatable prospect of continuing as owner or taking a huge financial loss by offering Newcastle at a rock bottom price for a quick sale.

While he attempts to find a buyer, Ashley has resolutely refused to appoint a manager, leaving Newcastle under the caretaker charge of Chris Hughton. Alan Shearer is waiting in the wings and hopes to return to the manager's office but he would almost certainly demand that Ashley invest in players suited to the rigours of a Championship campaign.

Newcastle, meanwhile, have been dealt a blow by the Football Association, which has ordered the club to scrap their pre-season friendly at Utrecht. With their north-east rivals Sunderland due to play in the Amsterdam tournament 30 miles away on Sunday 26 July police in the Netherlands and Britain had feared there would be clashes between travelling supporters. Since Sunderland had already sold tickets for the event the Wearsiders have been cleared to play by the FA.

There remains unrest among Newcastle's players, several of whom are threatening to submit transfer requests next week. "We want a manager and a bit of stability," said the centre-half Steven Taylor. "We need that, at the moment we don't know what's going on."

Such sentiments were echoed by Kevin Nolan. "We would prefer to know whether Mike Ashley is going to keep [Newcastle] or someone else is coming in," said the midfielder. "In the next week we certainly want to know what is going to happen. This situation is unfair on the players and the staff."
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i was at a ball for after my exams at st james park the other night. They took us out to where ashley sits to take pictures on the terrace and the security guard was there watching over us making sure we didnt do out and i ask him " could you just tell me what side it was in that cisse scored in again" he wasnt too happy to say the least especially after i said that it would be a nice pitch for scunthorpe to play on next season aswell.:lol::lol:

FTM
 
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i was at a ball for after my exams at st james park the other night. They took us out to where ashley sits to take pictures on the terrace and the security guard was there watching over us making sure we didnt do out and i ask him " could you just tell me what side it was in that cisse scored in again" he wasnt too happy to say the least especially after i said that it would be a nice pitch for scunthorpe to play on next season aswell.:lol::lol:

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Northern Echo match report of Shamrock Res/Youths v Championship team Newcastle " Newcastle were largely outplayed during a slugish first half "
 
Newcastle United sale stalls as liabilities scare off suitors

There is a growing possibility that Newcastle United will not be sold this summer. A source close to the efforts to find a buyer for the Championship club has revealed that Mike Ashley may still be in control at St James' Park this autumn.

Although two consortiums remain interested in buying Newcastle for a figure close to the £100m asking price and others hover in the background, the due diligence process is understood to have exposed troubling facts about the club's financial liabilities. "The process is moving extremely slowly, there is still genuine hope of a sale but it's not looking imminent," said the source. "Newcastle comes with a lot of baggage."

Ashley's problem is that once the transfer window closes at the end of August interested parties are likely to postpone any purchase until shortly before it opens again in January or even next summer. Football clubs are rarely sold outside transfer windows and Newcastle's would-be buyers are believed to be concerned about the club's wage bill. That stands at around £65m per annum and is proving a stumbling block.

While paying £100m for Newcastle could prove a sound investment if the club bounces straight back to the Premier League, a second season in the Championship would be a huge drain on resources.

Though Newcastle could offload some high earners such as Obafemi Martins, Joey Barton and Fabricio Coloccini this close season, realistically any moves are likely to be completed only if the club continue paying a portion of their former players' wages. When Leeds United sold Robbie Fowler to Manchester City Elland Road kept on meeting a sizeable percentage of his salary and a source close to Newcastle admitted: "The fear is we could end up in a worse financial mess than Leeds did."

Ashley, who has retreated from the public eye in recent weeks, is consequently faced with the unpalatable prospect of continuing as owner or taking a huge financial loss by offering Newcastle at a rock bottom price for a quick sale.

While he attempts to find a buyer, Ashley has resolutely refused to appoint a manager, leaving Newcastle under the caretaker charge of Chris Hughton. Alan Shearer is waiting in the wings and hopes to return to the manager's office but he would almost certainly demand that Ashley invest in players suited to the rigours of a Championship campaign.

Newcastle, meanwhile, have been dealt a blow by the Football Association, which has ordered the club to scrap their pre-season friendly at Utrecht. With their north-east rivals Sunderland due to play in the Amsterdam tournament 30 miles away on Sunday 26 July police in the Netherlands and Britain had feared there would be clashes between travelling supporters. Since Sunderland had already sold tickets for the event the Wearsiders have been cleared to play by the FA.

There remains unrest among Newcastle's players, several of whom are threatening to submit transfer requests next week. "We want a manager and a bit of stability," said the centre-half Steven Taylor. "We need that, at the moment we don't know what's going on."

Such sentiments were echoed by Kevin Nolan. "We would prefer to know whether Mike Ashley is going to keep [Newcastle] or someone else is coming in," said the midfielder. "In the next week we certainly want to know what is going to happen. This situation is unfair on the players and the staff."
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From a scum forum...:lol: re Guardian story.


How the f*** does she know this? absolute crap! i am certain we could offload all of the high earners apart from Barton (obvious reasons) duff, no -one will match 65k for a 30 year old winger who is s***, we could offload coloccini no problem, smith as well but we wont get much in for them, martins is highly regarded and we could offload him no problem, its the likes of ameobi and harper who are on 30k we will be stuck with at least But's contract is up end of next year

In all fairness i doubt all 3-4 or whatever the number of parties interested havent figured out that we have high earners and high wage bill, they are'nt stupid they know the wage bill is massive and i doubt they would bother even bidding if they couldnt afford it.

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If the land is worth 300 million, I think Scumcastle council should be forced to sell it off for redevelopment/reduce council tax.

After all, it's not a public[ly accessable] park and so is of no value to the general public as it is.
 
The club have already shed two of the biggest underachievers – although Michael Owen and Mark Viduka remain on the payroll until the end of July thanks to a contractual quirk unique to the world of professional football.

Fabricio Coloccini, a player United will have to take a huge loss on to shift this summer, looked unsteady on his feet against a strike force made up of a Slovakian triallist who conspired to miss an open goal from five yards, and a reserve-team forward.
 
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