When Barry Moat's Newcastle United takeover bid failed, a lot of supporters feared that without money to invest in players, we'd struggle to add to our already depleted squad. The current Newcastle squad is probably just good enough to get out of the Championship, but without further investment, it's looking bleak for our future Premier League survival.

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The people linked with Newcastle United are either perpetually stupid or completely inept.

Barry Moat has finally broken his silence regarding the Newcastle United takeover and his failure to buy the club. In comments released yesterday Moat admitted that he too would consider selling the naming rights for St.

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Are you concerned about the possible future takeover of Arsenal from majority shareholder Stan Kroenke? Do you have questions that you want to be answered? Gooner Talk have planned an exclusive Q & A session with Colorado Rapids blogger Nick Thomas, who not only has the latest info on the American side, but possesses a wealth of [. Click to continue reading...

Better him than Usmanov

News fluttered in yesterday that the American tycoon, Stan Kroenke has purchased more Arsenal shares to bring his shares to 29.9%. Just 0.09% short of needing to make a move for the rest of the shares. Now I've reserved my thoughts on this matter for quite some time as it has already been highlighted in many other blogs and there is no need for me to talk anymore about it, but with Stan so close to a takeover, I guessed now is as good a time as any to give this topic a special mention.

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Happy Friday to you all,

we should probably start with the news that Stan Kroenke is on threshold of the 30% which would require him to make an offer for all the shares in Arsenal. We've watched him draw ever closer in the last few months, his intentions remain very much a mystery. What you can say though is that with the 100 shares he bought from Peter Hill-Wood what is happening is being done with the full knowledge of the board.

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I'm not quite sure where this week has gone. It's absolutely motored past. However, I suspect I drifted along, basking a bit too much in derby delight, and before I could whistle, the Champions League game had been and gone, and Stan Kroenke had hoovered up yet more shares.

We continued our fine form, albeit against what turned out to be the limited AZ.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Silent Stan Kroenke's actions certainly speak louder than his words and, again, this morning's papers reflect on the Yank minted moustachioed one's latest purchases of Arsenal shares as he inches ever closer to a takeover.

Kroenke yesterday took his stake in the Arsenal to 29.

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Ahead of Sundays game at Birmingham I had the chance to catch up with Kev, who runs the Birmingham City blog 'Joys and Sorrows' to gage the mood ahead of the game and to pose one or two questions about how the season has been going so far.
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News outlets out of Tampa are reporting that Malcolm Glazer is looking for a buyer for his National Football League team. The Glazer family have owned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since 1995, moving them into a state of the art stadium and winning the 2002 Super Bowl. Glazer completed his takeover of Manchester United in 2005. Click to continue reading...

Franco Colomba had been waiting by the phone for what seemed like ages. Then the call came, and he said: "Yes". He was back in the game. The Menarini family wanted him to become Bologna's fourth manager in under a year. Colomba turned to his wife and said: "From this day forward you can call me ‘mister' again.

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A very good Saturday to all of you. No Arsenal today as they will only be playing tomorrow. So full preview only on tomorrow's post.

Arsenal held their AGM on Thursday and it was a much relaxed one compared to the one held post the semifinal lost to Man United. There were no one in the party who questioned Arsene Wenger's actions or tactics.

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he long-running saga of Newcastle United's prospective takeover could be determined on Saturday with Mike Ashley, the club's owner, due to The Times is reporting that Mike Ashley will meet with Moat today at the game, but the discussions are not expected to last very long. Ashley and Moat all over for Barry? Click to continue reading...

Not enough that Charlie Miller, last year's fan favourite, has disgraced himself, now he is back on the injured list. So is Danny Tiatto. Should have let them go.
Moore is out too - sorry he shouldn't be our marquee (I understand he is paid what so clubs pay players inside the cap).
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First of all, a big happy birthday to Arsene Wenger who has reached the big 6-0. I hope he enjoys his glass of red tonight.

There is some team news ahead of our game on Sunday, Fabianski and Nasri made good comebacks the other night in the reserves but Sunday comes too early for them, Denilson should be back in four weeks and Djourou is out until March at least.

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Stan Kroenke has been quietly sweeping up shares wherever he can find them. He is now a mere 1.04% short of the 29.9% trigger for a complete bid for the club. Whether he can spare the £460 million, in the short term to buyout the club is a different question.

Frankly after the Tom Hicks and George Gillett hatchet job at Liverpool, you have to be very wary of someone yet to pay half of the £100m he owes for the shares that he bought last December.

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My blog over at SoccerCity is already a little outdated given the events of today but I'll publish it anyway!
A few months ago I wrote a blog comparing the fortunes of England's two Magpies – Newcastle and Notts County.
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You see that great big ditch down there? The one big enough to swallow St. James's Park? That's how far my heart sank when I heard the news that Chris Hughton was offered the manager's job on a permanent basis.

Firstly, this is a huge backwards step and reeks of the lack of ambition wafting out from the Gallowgate.

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It certainly feels like a long time since we last had something to write about. No progress on the takeover and no Championship games has meant it's been a pretty boring two weeks. Fear not though, the real football is back!

Newcastle's caretaker boss Chris Hughton has some decisions to make regarding the fitness of certain players and their inclusion in the squad for tomorrow depends on their passing a fitness test today.

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Lost in translation Carson Yeung has finally taken control of Birmingham City after a protracted takeover. And on this evidence it is pretty easy to see why negotiations went quite slowly. The Hong Kong billionaire inadvertently said that manager Alex McLeish's position was not safe at the moment.

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League two club Notts County have sacked manager Ian McParland. The 48 year old, a former Magpies player himself, arrived at Meadow Lane in October 2007. Notts County finished 21st in the 2007-08 season, and 19th in the 2008-09 season. However McParland's position was always under a cloud after the takeover of the club by [. Click to continue reading...

Reports in the press say that George Gillette is flying to the Middle-East this week in an effort to sell his 50% share in Liverpool Fc. Great news I am sure you will all agree, that man and his partner Tom Hicks have been a disaster for Liverpool since they stole the club from us over two years ago. Click to continue reading...

It has been announced that since the takeover of Birmingham city by a Hong Kong businessman that David Gold was asked to take a role as Vice President of the club and the new owner, Carson Yeung, was going to bring in someone who heads one of his companies. � At that idea, Gold quit.

Can you blame him?

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There has been increasing speculation recently that AC Milan are set to be bought over with Rezart Taci said be front of the queue with a 700 million euro offer however the club deny theya re looking to sell the club.

The recent poor form of the team coupled with the 750 million euro fine that AC Milans parent company recently had imposed on them has led to rumours that Berlusconi will look to sell his share to help offset the fine.

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With the air thick with takeover talk, real or imaginary, now feels like a good time to throw in a spanner, or two. It is widely acknowledged that, under impossible circumstances, Chris Hughton and his staff have done an astounding job thus far managing Newcastle United. With a pre-season filled with doom-laden mutterings of "Doing [. Click to continue reading...

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One problem for Ferguson is that yesterday's puzzling takeover of Portsmouth by a man rich enough to be able to buy a much better club than Portsmouth may complicate Ferguson's cunning plan to sign David James in January.

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Holler if you don't agree with Hermann Hreidarsson. He was unconvincing when he said that off the pitch problems were not affecting the players at Portsmouth. When you got just 3 points from a possible 24 points, I am inclined to believe otherwise. Saudi businessman Ali Al-Faraj had just completed his takeover of Portsmouth on Monday. Click to continue reading...

We did warn over the weekend there would be many stories on the Newcastle takeover after Keegan's case against the Tyneside club was settled by the Premier League Tribunal. And it's the Daily Mirror and Simon Bird, that's reporting this morning that City sources have confirmed that a new South African bidder for the club has [. Click to continue reading...

George Gillett has come out recently denying that he said the new stadium work would start within 60 days of them completing the takeover LFC; but here is a video of the first press conference where he says "the first spade has to be in the ground within 60 days"

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George Gillett has come out recently denying that he said the new stadium work would start within 60 days of them completing the takeover LFC; but here is a video of the first press conference where he says "the first spade has to be in the ground within 60 days"

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Portsmouth's off pitch worries look to be rescinding after Saudi business tycoon Ali Al Faraj completed his takeover of the club.

This is the second time in six weeks that Portsmouth have been the subject of a takeover by foreign investors. After the last bid was plagued by problems from start to finish, fans will be hoping that their new owner does a considerably better job than former incumbent Sulaiman Al Fahim.

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Chris Hughton had one of those days at the office on Saturday, when nothing seemed do go right. Chris Hughton bad day at the office With new news of a potential takeover of Newcastle by Barry Moat this morning, Chris has his feet still firmly on the ground, and is concentrating, as always, on the job [. Click to continue reading...

Last week we covered that Portsmouth players had not been paid, and I asked whether Sulaiman al Fahim actually had the money to buy the club.

The answer was no, as Sulaiman al Fahim today sold Portsmouth to Saudi property magnate Ali al Faraj. Ali al Faraj is a familiar name to Pompey fans as Portsmouth executive Peter Storrie had told former, former, Portsmouth owner Sasha Gaydamak that Al Farai was interested in buying the club.

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Update: Ali Al Faraj has completed his takeover of Portsmouth, acquiring a 90% stake in the club. Sulaiman Al Fahim retains a 10% share.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

After Sulaiman Al-Fahim pulled the wool over the Premier League's eyes once during the Manchester City takeover by pretending to be the owner and making pre-posterous claims on who Manchester City could sign, the actual owners quietly sidelined him and brought in a more measured representative.

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The Sunday Mirror is� reporting today that Newcastle manager Chris Hughton will be handed his first transfer funds of the season in January. Chris will get some funds in January And that good news is further enhanced by the news that Tyneside businessman Barry Moat may have his £80M takeover of the club accepted this week. Click to continue reading...

The ongoing saga between Kevin Keegan and Newcastle United reached a conclusion today with the 'winner' being Kevin Keegan. It was decided that the former Newcastle boss was constructively dismissed. In other words, the club owe Mr Keegan two million quid.

However, what's more revealing and possible a damning incitement at just how much of a shambles the club is, was revealed by Keegan's statement after the panel's verdict.

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