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Mike Ashley Set To Sell Newcastle

25 May 2008
MIKE ASHLEY SET TO SELL NEWCASTLE
By Martin Hardy

Mike Ashley is considering selling Newcastle United - but he wants £300 million for he club he took over last year.

Chairman Chris Mort is set to quit his role in the St James' Park hotseat to return to his job as a lawyer with Freshfields.

Mort has completely restructured the club since he was appointed and Ashley believes the work he has done makes the club a more saleable asset.

He paid £134m for the Magpies this time last year in a surprise takeover.

But he was stunned to find Newcastle's debts greater than anticipated at around £100m and key in Mort's role has been discovering the exact levels and either paying them off or putting guarantees against them.

That has been done and with Mort set to be replaced by Derek Llambias, Ashley would be ready to sell, if he could find a buyer.

After the departure of manager Sam Allardyce Ashley brought back Toon hero Kevin Keegan. But that is now a rocky relationship, with Keegan left feeling undermined by the appointment of Dennis Wise as football director.

[OptimusWolf]

Newcastle need about 8 players to get into UEFA contention next year....I can't believe how bad their transfer policy has been for the past decade almost.

[col Blake]

Emre signs for Fenerbahce, the play maker with a great left foot missed most of last season with injuries has left the club so say Fenerbahce, who have paid double what newcastle paid Inter Milan.
He is one player who should have stayed, is Ashley trying to cash in on the players before he bails out, this is a bad move, we are even getting shot out of the water by the likes of Spurs and Portsmouth in the transfere market, but at least we have won the race for John Arne Riise, woopie doo.

[Flab]

Emre signs for Fenerbahce, the play maker with a great left foot missed most of last season with injuries has left the club so say Fenerbahce, who have paid double what newcastle paid Inter Milan.
He is one player who should have stayed, is Ashley trying to cash in on the players before he bails out, this is a bad move, we are even getting shot out of the water by the likes of Spurs and Portsmouth in the transfere market, but at least we have won the race for John Arne Riise, woopie doo.

Emre is one of my favourite players. All these players going out and nothing coming in? We already have a tiny squad like Villa.

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Emre 'deal done', say Fenerbahce

Emre 'deal done', say Fenerbahce

Fenerbahce claim to have agreed a deal with Newcastle to sign midfielder Emre Belozoglu on a three-year contract.

Turkey captain Emre, 27, has failed to shine at St James' Park after moving to there from Inter Milan in 2005 for £4m.

"Fenerbahce have reached an agreement with Newcastle United in order to sign the Turkish superstar Emre Belozoglu," read a statement on the club's website.

Newcastle are yet to comment but according to reports the transfer fee involved could be about £8m.

Emre, a former Galatasaray and Inter Milan player, came to real prominence after helping Turkey to a third-place finish at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

He has made 58 appearances for the Magpies, scoring five goals, and is under contract until 2011.

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Newcastle star Emre is set to join Fenerbahce.

The Turkey midfielder, 27, has agreed a three-year contract with the Istanbul club and will sign a £8m deal tomorrow.

Emre (left) joined Newcastle from Inter Milan in 2005. He made 58 Premier League appearances, scoring four goals. He began his career with Fenerbahce's arch-rivals Galatasaray.

A club spokesman said: "Fenerbahce have reached an agreement with Newcastle United in order to sign Emre Belozoglu.

"Emre is one of the most accomplished Turkish players of all time and a member of the Turkish national team, which he helped to a third-place finish at the World Cup in 2002. In 2004, Emre was selected to the FIFA 100 by Pele as one of the 125 best living footballers."

[col Blake]

James Millner is off to Villa for £ 8 mill, and we look like getting Crouch and Riise, oh ****.

[Flab]

James Millner is off to Villa for £ 8 mill, and we look like getting Crouch and Riise, oh ****.

Why? Emre and James Milner are better than them.

[col Blake]

massive backwards step, Milner is one of the best english players in the country WTF is coing on, has Keegan got shares in Liverpool.

[Flab]

I just read that he will be part of a trade with Liverpool.
What the **** is going on Kev? We don't want Crouch or Riise.