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The Guardian reports that the sale of Newcastle United is imminent.
Apparently Ashley is being urged to accept a bid from a consortium led by Tyneside businessman Barry Moat. It is thought that Moat, who has financial backing from investors in the United States, is Keith Harris’s preferred bidder. The Guardian speculates that if Moat gets [...]

In an interview with the BBC’s ‘Radio Five Live’, Joe Kinnear has sensationally claimed that Mike Ashley has offered him another two year contract at the club, and added that he is “mulling it over”. He also added that it would still take another three months to fully recover from his triple heart bypass, performed [...]

Newcastle United have released a statement on the official website to quash rumours in the media about the return of Joe Kinnear as manager at the club.
The Daily Mail (shudders) had suggested an announcement could be made today but the club has been swift to refute this with the following statement:
“Reports in the press [...]

The Daily Mail is reporting that Joe Kinnear is to return as Newcastle manager and that a takeover is not imminent.
The Mail claims this ‘exclusive’ but doesn’t reveal any source of their information and has no direct quotes from anyone about this, so it’s probably worth treating this report extremely cautiously.
The Mail suggests that [...]

Remember this?
JK: Which one is Simon Bird?
SB: Me.
JK: You’re a c*nt.
SB: Thank you.
JK: Which one is Hickman? You are out of order. Absolutely f*cking out of order. If you do it again, I am telling you you can f*ck off and go to another ground. I will not come and stand for that f*cking crap. [...]

Wigan Athletic chairman, Dave Whelan, a man who is seldom short for words (especially on “supergrass” Mike Ashley), has once again thrown his two’pennorth in; this time on the Michael Owen ‘I’m relegated, get me out of here’ saga.
Speaking yesterday, he said:
“We’ve not had the brochure,” adding;
“Would we be interested? No. One, his wages [...]