Barry Moat banking on Barclays’ approval
PROSPECTIVE Newcastle United owner Barry Moat hopes to get the green light
from Barclays Bank by Wednesday for the loan which will enable him to end
Mike Ashley’s disastrous stewardship.
The Journal understands that Moat expects to hear a decision by the middle
of the week, setting in motion a chain of events which will surely determine
whether United can maintain their sterling start to the Championship season.
Moat sat alongside Ashley in the director’s box at St James’s Park on
Saturday in a move designed to show the undecided financial institutions
that both men are on good terms.
The pair watched United record an emphatic 3-0 victory over Reading and stay
unbeaten in the Championship but their hopes of maintaining that momentum
reach a crossroads this week.
If Moat and his backers, who form Seymour Pierce’s preferred bidders, get
an agreement from Barclays they expect to appoint Alan Shearer in time for
the trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday – and provide him with assurances
that his squad will not be further depleted.
There will also be extensive player recruitment, although United are on the
verge of completing the signing of free agent Sol Campbell this week even if
Shearer is not in charge.
Failure for Moat would set in motion a chain of events which would see
Ashley withdraw the club from the market, and the owner sanction the sale of
key assets Steven Taylor and Jonas Gutierrez before the end of the transfer
window.
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