ASHLEY BREAKS SILENCE
Listen up, Newcastle fans: Mike Ashley has just come on camera to speak to Sky Sports' David Craig and here's the standout line:
"I'm not going anywhere until we've won something."
Stand by for more from the Magpies' under-fire owner...
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MORE FROM ASHLEY
"I can’t have imagined (a relegation battle) from Christmas, I probably didn’t anticipate we would be anywhere near this situation; after the last couple of weeks I am a bit shocked where we find ourselves.
"(It stops at) my door. I will continue investing in the football club.
"The only positive is we have the club on a very sound financial footing, so we are able to spend and punch above our weight.
"It’s going to be to win something, definitely, and I won’t be selling it until I do. Not at any price, when I say win something, if we ever get in a position to get a Champions League place that also qualifies as winning something.
"I will not be picking the next manager, it is not what I do, my job is to make sure they have the maximum amount of financial resources and it’s their job to get the best pound for pound out of those resources.
"To be categorically clear, I am not going anywhere until we win something."