I’d take the Saudis in a heartbeat. I’d be doing backflips because like the Newcastle supporters, I’d know we are on our way to winning cups, challenging for the league and champions league football.
I’d dance a little jig if we could now get Mike Ashley to take over from SD.
I suspect that Ashley will be interested in getting another club IF ours is sold. He's actually more thin-skinned than some believe and would love to go somewhere and get them into the top flight to show himself as wronged by our fans - Sunderland would fit perfectly. I reckon he'd do enough to get you competing for, and perhaps in, the Premiership. I don't like the guy and will be happy when he leaves us, but he's far from the worst owner and has certainly backed promotion pushes successfully.
I've commented plenty on the Saudis, but it is worth mentioning too that we wouldn't be the first team in the Premiership owned by Saudis, and that all the clubs that are floated are likely to have Saudi investors in there somewhere too. It's not the same level, but we're talking blurred lines here and I just don't expect the FA to act.



