Mike Ashley - 'I'm NOT Joking!'

Last updated : 31 May 2010 By Footy Mad - Editor

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn suggested Ashley could be trying to pull the wool over everyone's eyes ... and suddenly spend big.

The Sunday Sun says Newcastle’s hierarchy this week confirmed – in contacting newspapers to deny numerous transfer stories – that the “no capital outlay” referred to in their recent five-year mission statement DOES mean that they will be making no cash signings.

So that puts Toon boss Chris Hughton in a situation with options of loan market and free transfers ... unless he sells.