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The following announcement was made on the Newcastle United site tonight: NEWCASTLE United are delighted to announce that Chris Hughton has been named the permanent manager of the Club, his contract will run until the end of the 2010/11 season. At the same time the Club has confirmed that it has been withdrawn from sale [...]

According to an article posted on The Telegraph’s site late last night, Mike Ashley has turned down Barry Moat’s latest £80m bid for Newcastle United even though he’d previously said he’d accept the bid on the terms specified. What the article says is that whilst Ashley had previously rejected Moat’s offer to take £40m down [...]

Would-be Newcastle United owner Barry Moat tried to persuade Richard Harpin to invest in his bid to buy the club. Richard Harpin is the head of HomeServe and has a personal fortune of more than £200m, which places him as one of the top 5 richest North-Easterners according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Harpin [...]

Alan Shearer says he would still love the Newcastle United manager’s job but is also prepared to consider managing other clubs. At the end of last season it seemed almost certain that Shearer would be given the Toon job despite failing to keep us in the Premier League. Ashley had described employing Shearer as ‘the [...]

Apparently Barry Moat tabled an £80m bid for Newcastle United on Friday and Mike Ashley had to be saved from angry fans by stewards during the away match to Scunny. Divven get too excited though – it’s News of the World time again. First, Barry Moat’s bid. Sport of the World has apparently ‘learned’ that [...]

After a summer of discontent at Newcastle United, with the club having been up for sale since May, we’ve failed to attract a single serious buyer. It seems Moat was all mouth and all the other ‘bidders’ were either publicity hunters, time-wasters or chancers who only expressed an interest in the hope of purchasing way [...]

Chris Hughton will be appointed as permanent manager of Newcastle United after the weekend’s visit from Doncaster. Apparently Chris Hughton has been offered a £250,000 a year deal which is believed to be the same package that David O’Leary turned down in August. I have no idea why O’Leary turned down the manager’s job at [...]

Mike Ashley is now prepared to take £80m for Newcastle United but will there be any takers? Amidst another petulant stab at the fans in yesterday’s Times, Mike Ashley announced: “Barry Moat has been driving me mad for two years. If he wants to buy the club, he’s got a one-off opportunity to come up [...]

No honestly, I really do. I mean he’s clearly absolutely crackers. What, you think all of this apparent contempt towards Newcastle United fans and his bad behaviour is all down to arrogance and spite? No man, he’s nuts. How else do you explain his actions and this reckless and continual ‘p*ssing on his own chips’? [...]

Alan Shearer reveals that whilst he’d take the Newcastle United manager’s job today if it was offered, he’s prepared to get on with life in the interim. With Barry Moat’s bid – or indeed anyone else’s bid – looking less likely to succeed as time goes on, Shearer’s chances of becoming Newcastle manager this season [...]