Ashley To Sell Shares To Toon Fans?

Last updated : 14 July 2008 By Footy Mad - Editor
Mike Ashley: "I would be quite happy to sell 1 percent. Just local guys, mad Newcastle fans and everything.

"I meet them and they say the only thing we regret is when you took the club, we then couldn't be a shareholder. If you want 1 percent of Newcastle, buy 1 percent of Newcastle for exactly the same price I paid for it.

"You can put in your money every year like I do, sit on the pitch and say this is one expensive season ticket, but I am having a lovely time.

"Newcastle United is not a thing you would make a profit on.

"Newcastle United is a thing you have to enjoy and love and enjoy going to the games and everything else. It would be very useful if we had some multi-billionaire partners that wanted a stake in Newcastle United. It would help."