On the same day that Premier league club West Ham were taken over in a deal reported to be around £85million, the recent newcomers to the Coca Cola Championship league Newcastle are reported to have dropped the price for their club to £100million.
Doesn’t make sense does it. While West Hams problems have been firmly brought about by the ravaging effect of the global credit crisis on the clubs previous owner, the problems at Newcastle would appear to be more self inflicted.
Sam Allardyce could surely have secured a mid table place for them given time, Kevin Keegan left the club because he felt he had no say in transfer policies and poor old Joe Kinnear was never given a chance by the ‘cockney mafia‘ doubters, ending the season on sick leave after heart bypass surgery.
Alan Shearer was eventually made an offer he couldn’t refuse, in an ill conceived effort to avoid relegation that frankly he could do little about. Newcastle were relegated on merit and now need to find a buyer who can bring some calm and offer a future to the club.
Former chairman Freddy Shepherd is among the interested parties and would appear the ideal candidate to steer the club back to it’s former state and more importantly bring an end to the Mike Ashley era and furthermore an end to his personal misery.
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1 New consortium show Newcastle interest | Buzzin Championship Football // Jul 13, 2009 at 1:25 pm
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