Bin Laden set for Newcastle?

The family of Osama Bin Laden have today been linked with a buy-out of Premier League side Newcastle United. It has been rumoured in recent weeks that Mike Ashley may leave the club this summer after only one year in charge.

It was claimed in a newspaper article, the Saudi Binladen Group, whose chief executive is Osama's half-brother Bakr bin Laden, was the shock front-runner to buy the club from owner Ashley, although the club have moved quickly to deny these rumours.

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