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Mike Ashley Snubs Dubai Investors For Cocktails

Started by The Gaffer · 9 months ago

Yesterday in Dubai, Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley was offered $360 million for the club by Dubai investors, but called the offer an insult and snubbed Arab investors to instead partake in drinking cocktails at a local bar, according to ArabianBusiness.com.
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  • The details of this story don't sound very credible, I don't think someone as desperate as Mike Ashely would laugh at a solid offer like that unless he was completely mad. This sounds like a news agency looking for the sensational headline.

    P.S. And this is coming from a Toon fan
  • I guess I was right because there are now reports (ie. Sky Sports: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_41...) saying DIG are rejecting any media reports linking them to a bid to by Newcastle United.

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