And so it begins in earnest. After months of pressure being to filter through from fan groups, the last few weeks have seen Manchester United fans begin to turn up the pressure on the Glazer family. Do not be fooled by people giving this anti-American slant, this is not about such trivial matters as nationality.

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When you are on your knees and there is no where to turn, its very easy to grab out to the first person for comfort
Football finance don and general cash geek Keith Harris is the man that the United fraternity have reached out too. A man who has brokered many a takeover. A man who seems to know everyone that you need to know in this business. Click to continue reading...

The movement to oust the debt laden Glazer regime is gathering pace with news that city banker and United fan, Keith Harris, has been talking to the Manchester United Supporters Trust about forming alliances with fan groups and a wealthy group of investors known as the 'Red Knights'. The chairman of Seymour Pierce brokered the Thaksin Shinawatra takeover of Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

It is believed that some wealthy Man United fans are preparing a bid to takeover the club. Football finance expert Keith Harris has revealed that he has been approached by wealthy Man United fans who...
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Things go from bad to worse at Old Trafford.

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Debts at the parent company of Manchester United have increased to £716.

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When Brian Mawhinney was appointed as Chairman of the Football League in 2003, I'll admit to groaning loudly. I was not a fan of the Conservative Party of the 1990s, and Mawhinney had been in the British Cabinet and was Chairman of the Tories. What football needed was less free market evangelism and some radical moves towards greater regulation; this didn't seem likely to come from Mawhinney.

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Keith Harris is regarded as the No.1 mover and shaker on football club takeovers, coming close last year to pulling off a Middle East deal to buy Liverpool, so there can be few greater authorities on the current crisis gripping Anfield.
The boss of high flying City firm Seymour Pierce spoke to ESPN Soccernet about the situation gripping the giant Premier League club on the eve of their critical clash with Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

The man favoured by Keith Harris of Seymour Pierce to complete the takeover of Newcastle is said to be within days of finalising a deal. George Culkin, one of the most well respected football journalists, has reported that one of the potential obstacles to the takeover going through, the club's ongoing saga with former boss Kevin Keegan, will no longer stand in the way of Newcastle's future.

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The man favoured by Keith Harris of Seymour Pierce to complete the takeover of Newcastle is said to be within days of finalising a deal. George Culkin, one of the most well respected football journalists, has reported that one of the potential obstacles to the takeover going through, the club's ongoing saga with former boss Kevin Keegan, will no longer stand in the way of Newcastle's future.

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The Telegraph is claiming that talks between the club and Barry Moat are scheduled and that a deal could be agreed imminently. The key word in that sentence is 'could' though, so let's wait and see how it actually turns out. The Telegraph's claims do seem at odds with Keith Harris's last statement on matters, which [. Click to continue reading...

According to previous press reports, Newcastle United's £39m overdraft facility with Barclays Bank ended on the 31st August and unless some other agreement was reached it was going to be renewed with only a £10m limit, in line with Barclays' policy for Championship clubs. If reports that the club owed £20m on that overdraft facility are [. Click to continue reading...

According to The Mirror, Alan Shearer is the fairest of them all. Or at least that will be the case if the Sheard-fronted American bid is successful. The Mirror claims the consortium is close to signing a deal, although forgive me for not getting all excited but we've heard this sort of stuff before and it has [. Click to continue reading...

North West sports businessman, Geoff Sheard has sensationally entered the race (if you could call it that) to buy Toon. Sheard was also involved in a bid to buy fellow struggling giant, Sheffield Wednesday in 2008. Newcastle United's Managing director, Derek Llambias gave some substance to the reports when he confirmed that Sheard is in [. Click to continue reading...

The Mirror claims that a new bidder is going to enter the race to buy Newcastle United before Wednesday's deadline, although they say Barry Moat still remains in pole position. Apparently the bid will be made direct to Ashley, rather than Keith Harris at Seymour Pierce, and - I presume - without having performed a due [. Click to continue reading...

The Daily Mail are reporting today that should Barry Moat's bid to takeover Newcastle United be accepted, then Alan Shearer could be re-instated as the Toon's manager "within days". Mike Ashley, who is said to be flying back from Hawaii to discuss Moat's bid, is due in London to meet with Keith Harris of Seymour Pierce.

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It seems that Mike Ashley is on his way back from Hawaii to discuss Barry Moat's bid for the Newcastle football club with Keith Harris of Seymour Pierce Investment Bank, who we understand will urge Mike to accept the offer. Mike Ashley flying in from Hawaii Or so is being reported today by The Mail On [. Click to continue reading...

As reported on this site yesterday Bassong has gone to Spurs and Beye looks likely to be leaving for Hull. Sky Sports is also reporting that 19 year old winger Jonny Godsmark has been loaned to Hereford for 6 months. The club has confirmed that Alan Smith will be captain against West Brom as Nicky Butt [. Click to continue reading...

Fingers crossed!

Come on Mike, surely it's time you left?

Alan Shearer will finally be appointed as manager of Newcastle United if Mike Ashley can be persuaded to accept an offer for the club by a consortium fronted by a prominent Tyneside businessman.

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There is a report in the Guardian today that Mike Ashley, the owner of Newcastle United, is being urged to accept a bid for the club from a consortium led by Barry Moat, a leading Tyneside businessman. Keith Harris recommends Ashley to sell Newcastle club Seymour Pierce, the investment bank charged with handling the sale of [. Click to continue reading...

The Guardian reports that the sale of Newcastle United is imminent. Apparently Ashley is being urged to accept a bid from a consortium led by Tyneside businessman Barry Moat. It is thought that Moat, who has financial backing from investors in the United States, is Keith Harris's preferred bidder. The Guardian speculates that if Moat gets [. Click to continue reading...

In an interview with the BBC's 'Radio Five Live', Joe Kinnear has sensationally claimed that Mike Ashley has offered him another two year contract at the club, and added that he is "mulling it over". He also added that it would still take another three months to fully recover from his triple heart bypass, performed [. Click to continue reading...

Anyone wondering if things could get any worse for the Toon Army faithful will be stunned to find out that they can indeed sink even lower.

Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner, is examining the possibility of retaining possession of the relegated club for at least another year.

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While the Times this morning is suggesting strongly that Mike Ashley is thinking about keeping Newcastle for the next year, Keith Harris, Chairman of Seymour Pierce Bank, charged with selling the club still thinks he can sell the club this month. Keith Harris Newcastle can be sold this month Mike Ashley has been told Newcastle will [. Click to continue reading...

According to The Chronicle, Bassong has been fined two weeks wages for his failure to travel to Dundee for last weekend's friendly. Hughton had previously stated that Bassong wouldn't have featured in the game anyway because he's serving a ban for the West Brom trip and Hughton wanted to field a team against Dundee that [. Click to continue reading...

The weekend has of course been largely given over to the sad death of Sir Bobby Robson and the rest of the news seems less important now. However I'm going to try and catch up a bit today. In our final pre-season friendly we managed a 1-1 draw with Dundee. Our goal came from Andy Carrol [...] Click to continue reading...

Newcastle managed only a goalless draw last night against Leeds United. According to the Club Site, Ryan Taylor had the best opportunities for the home team before the break, with Bassong and Coloccini having the best opportunities in the second half. The Northern Echo contains a better report. As reported by my colleague, it appears that [. Click to continue reading...

Today I can begin with some good news. England beat Germany 3-2 to win the Sir Bobby Robson Trophy with goals coming from Les Ferdinand, Alan Thompson and Alan Shearer. The night, however, belonged to Sir Bobby Robson and his cancer research foundation to which the proceeds of the game were donated. Sir Bobby is, [. Click to continue reading...

The Police had it right, only for Newcastle United, nobody seems to be listening. If our humiliating 6-1 defeat against Leyton Orient this afternoon wasn't signal enough for Mike Ashley that he needs to get out of Toon and quick, then I shudder to think what will.

Ashley, who is holding out for 100 million pound bids, surely must be sweating now.

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Disturbing news today that the sale of Newcastle United could take at least another 4 weeks. Alan Shearer still waiting We were all hoping and half expecting that with due diligence completed, the bids would be in this weekend, and Keith Harris of Seymour Harris Bank would select a recommended buyer and Ashley would be told [. Click to continue reading...

There are reports that Keith Harris, Chairman of Seymour Harris Bank, who are brokering the sale of the Newcastle club for Mike Ashley, was in America last night. Philip Anschutz - owns several American sports teams including LA Galaxy And it has been thought for a while that one of the supposed four consortia in for [. Click to continue reading...

Malcolm Macdonald has come out today and said he is worried that Newcastle are in such a terrible mess, they may lose Alan Shearer. Alan Shearer - showing massive patience with latest Newcastle soap opera There was a little good news this morning saying that Keith Harris believes the sale will be completed by next Tuesday, but [. Click to continue reading...

The identity of  all four groups who are in the process of due diligence on Newcastle's books, and the two who have submitted bids to brokers Seymour Pierce continues to remain a closely-guarded secret. Keith Harris deal for Newcastle done within a week? And no decent leaks even as to who the four may be, and [. Click to continue reading...

There are supposed to be four consortia involved in buying Newcastle United, but at this stage we don't know if one of them is viable. Keith Harris - is fielding the bids form various consortia Freddy Shepherd is fronting one consortium and they are believed to have started due diligence of the books yesterday, following a meeting [. Click to continue reading...

It never rains but it pours. Just this past week alone Newcastle United have:

• Advertised the club for sale on their website with instructions to contact the club via email
• Put the whole squad up for sale with nine players being pushed out the door first
• Still have not made a choice of manager with pre-season training now less than three weeks away

Worryingly, Freddie Shepherd's name keeps on cropping up as being linked to one of the consortium's interested in buying the club.

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It never rains but it pours. Just this past week alone Newcastle United have:

• Advertised the club for sale on their website with instructions to contact the club via email
• Put the whole squad up for sale with nine players being pushed out the door first
• Still have not made a choice of manager with pre-season training now less than three weeks away

Worryingly, Freddie Shepherd's name keeps on cropping up as being linked to one of the consortium's interested in buying the club.

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If you've got £100 million and a Hotmail account, Magpies could be yours Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has proved once and for all that he has less class than the knee-high white Donnay socks he flogs at Sports Direct by putting the club up for sale by email. A statement on Newcastle's official website (talk about [. Click to continue reading...

The Board of Newcastle United confirms that Newcastle is for sale at the price of £100m.Interested parties should contact Newcastle United at admin@nufc.co.uk (or Keith Harris at Seymour Pierce) for further details.I am calling my zillionaire backers in middle east now. Then send email to put up offer. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have confirmed that the now-Championship club is up for sale at a knock-down price of £100 million.

It's no surprise that Mike Ashley wants to sell - he's been trying to wash his hands of the club he loves for months, but has been unsuccessful.

It is said former Chairman, Freddy Shepherd, is among several interested parties - he'll probably be welcomed back with open arms after the mere disastrous period that Ashley has presided over.

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