It would appear that they are getting on the wrong side of the 'bigger boys' and they may just get a good hiding.
Attacking Ashley became a harmless habit as he didn't give a shiny one. Attacking British MP's, Amnesty, etc, is way out of their league and someone will be made an example as a warning to others. The Mags have made the mistake of believing Saudi money will provide a barrier for them to hide behind
The people the Mags are in with now are several levels above zero hours contracts. I bet Ashley is laughing his cock off, he's played a blinder.
Seems he's turned them down https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/16672571/newcastle-michael-emanalo-chelsea-eddie-how/ "The club’s Saudi-led owners will give the former Bournemouth boss a January transfer kitty of £50million, plus loan deals, to get the Magpies out of relegation trouble. Emenalo resigned as Chelsea technical director in November 2017 after ten years with the club. He is believed to have travelled to Saudi Arabia last week for talks and is now the first choice to work alongside Howe, who has signed a 2½-year deal."
I’m amused by the amount they planning g on spending. Was limitless. Then £500 million. Now it’s £200 million over 3 years. Then there’s a report polished about FFP limits and they are 6th. They can spend the 6th highest amount but in a squad that is bottom 3. This is not panning out how they thought really, is it? And all the whole the lingering stink of being owned by some of the most horrific people in all humanity. Oh, and they still haven’t cleaned the stadium (SOL is done quarterly…)
No ****er wants it. Sadly there’s no more desperate sports washers floating about. I tell you, when I lived in Marbella there was an almighty time Sheikh Abdullah bough Malaga CF. Brought in van Nistelrooy, Cazorla, Demichelis etc got them into the Champions League. All seemed rosey. Except it turned out the fella had a motive. He wanted to build a pier and promenade and retail development for cruise ships in Marbella, which he would have invested billions in (with likely a 10 fold return). So, the Spanish authorities, notorious for red tape and such asked him to provide legal documentation about his wealth, normal, but he wasn’t having it and spat his dummy out. He still owns the club and keeps them alive. He stripped the squad bare though and inevitably relegation followed, they are plodding around in mid table in the Segunda where they’ve been a few years. He dropped them like a Benwell lass drops her drawers, and I can see parallels galore with this up the road. Its the ****ing Reuben brothers who wanted the club. There’s summat not right about it. The Saudis look like some kind of front for money. The Premier League are firing their CEO for allowing it to go through. There’s a king fuse burning and I’m fascinated for when the rocket goes off.
Problem is that at that price they might get a rich and decent owner like we did. And we don’t want that, I like them being universally hated.
The Reubens are no fools and definitely the most savvy of everyone involved. They obviously have a strategy but I really can't figure out what it is ... ... intriguing though.
Said this all along - the likes of Stavely and Rubens are money people. They don't invest in football clubs to spend their own money
I can only assume that moving to a new ground is planned. A return on ploughing money into NUFC would take many years and the outlay enormous. If that return is from the football aspect it would take huge investment with no more chance of success than Everton, Arsenal, Man Utd, etc.
Which would be an out-of-town stadium which would be worse, in the eyes of Mags, than anything Ashley ever did ... ... not that they'd admit it.
The Saudi leadership are strong believers in Wahhabism, if the mags (or anyone else) think they can change them through dialogue then they’re more deluded than I thought. This will all end in tears and I’m enjoying every minute of it.
Just for those like me that need to look it up. For more than two centuries, Wahhabism has been Saudi Arabia's dominant faith. It is an austere form of Islam that insists on a literal interpretation of the Koran. Strict Wahhabis believe that all those who don't practice their form of Islam are heathens and enemies.
