Financier Amanda Staveley eyes $400 million bid for Newcastle United.
It is rumoured there is a Turkish bidder who is after Newcastle. Lots of smoke and mirrors going on, the press love it as it sells papers/clicks, at the level these buyers work at, I doubt we will hear any real info until the deal is announced, so take it all with a pinch of salt.
I'd be surprised if someone has bid £1.2billion for Liverpool, then drops down to £400million for Newcastle, no disrespect, but they are a completeky different status of club, it'd be like going after a Ferrari, not getting it and going for a Ford instead, you'd either go for another Ferrari or an Aston Martin/Lamborghini, something at that level.
The way Ashley has out them up for sale is abit odd, it's like him saying I'm sick of this and forcing the bidder(s), so doesn't seem like it's going smoothly either way, he might be annoyed that the Liverpool bid has come out and makes them look stupid, not something Ashley will enjoy.