Former Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd vowed he would return to football and he could be back within weeks ... no doubt pinching the German towels off the sunbeds in Majorca.
Shepherd has moved closer to buying Real Mallorca after holding takeover talks on Friday.
Shepherd Set For Return!
By Nu Mad
Updated Monday, 30th June 2008
Mallorca host United in a four-team tournament at the start of August, and I'd LOVE to be a fly on the wall when Toon chairman Mike Ashley rubs shoulders with the man he kicked out of St James' Park.That will indeed be a day to remember.
Shepherd met with Mallorca president Vicente Grande in Palma to discuss a deal estimated to be worth 40 million euros (£31.5 million).
The Sunday Sun claims a formal offer for a 93 per cent shareholding in the Balearic club is imminent, with a deal possibly agreed within the next 10 days.
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