Keegan Saga Concludes, Moat Takeover?

Kevin Keegan earlier this week walked away with £2million obtained in a bitter court case between himself, current owner of Newcastle United Mike Ashley, and former Director of football Dennis Wise. The details of the case have been widely published and we see Kevin has bagged himself £2million from the whole ordeal. However, figures being banded about from Keegan's side during the ongoing proceedings grew to an astonishing £25million, which certainly drew Keegan's love for the club into question.

The figures being touted by Keegan's side in the case surely must have been made accessable to potential bidders for NUFC, who's identities remained for the most part secret, after Mike Ashley put the club up for sale after a torrid season ending in relegation. This could only have served to put off prospective buyers, after Ashley himself stumped up a £100 million for sale sign outside of St. James' Park. With the numbers adding up, at the end of the day it seemed nobody was prepared to shell out possibly near over £150 million, for what is on the surface, a troubled championship club.

Troubled it may be right now, but looking past all of the jokes from people outside of the area and the majority of press created tosh, Newcastle United is a club with a 52,000 seater stadium, with 10 internationals in their squad and may as well be crowned the best supported in the UK. How can Portsmouth be taken over twice in what, a month, and us left stranded with an owner who doesn't want us, and potential new owners who seem hesitant to put the final stamp on the deal?

However, the press have had another stab at doing the impossible... Predicting the next move in this drama. It is has been reported that Barry Moat, already heavily assosciated with Newcastle by owning a suite at the ground, will step into Mike Ashley's shoes soon and take over as owner of the club. Those shoes will hardly take much to fill, and if Moat comes in he only has to read a timeline of catastrophic events in the Ashley era as a guidebook of "How Not To Treat NUFC and 52,000 Loyal Fans".

We can only pray that Moat, if he really is to become the new owner, will take note of Ashley's failings and connect the club better with the fans. Not to mention, we hope that should that (hopefully inevitable) promotion come, he has the funds and chooses the right manager wisely to keep us back in the league we should be; the Premier League.


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