[英超]紐卡素班主艾殊利決定以3億鎊出售球會予私募基金代表Amanda Staveley [復制鏈接]

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http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/11169045/newcastle-close-to-takeover-as-amanda-staveley-increases-offer-to-mike-ashley

Newcastle United takeover deal worth £300m close
By Alistair Magowan, Dan Roan and Laura Scott

BBC Sport

A Newcastle United takeover has taken a step closer after new documents show that owner Mike Ashley has entered into a charge agreement with potential buyer Amanda Staveley.

Financier Staveley is leading a bid which involves Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and the Reuben Brothers.

It is understood to be worth £300m.

The 31-page charge agreement lodged at Companies House lays the legal groundwork for a potential deal to be completed.

The documents include details of a £150m claim related to Staveley's firm, PCP Capital Partners, and its long-running legal case against Barclays Bank PLC.

The Premier League has also been informed of the potential deal and are understood to have begun the process of carrying out checks under its owners and directors test.

Newcastle and Staveley would not comment when approached by BBC Sport.

Ashley said in October 2017 he wanted to sell the club after 10 years in charge.

Initially, the deal was said to have been worth £340m, but the latest development will encourage many Newcastle fans who want to see Ashley end his association with the club, having taken over in 2007.

Supporters have cited a lack of ambition and have also criticised his conduct during the coronavirus pandemic where the club has charged fans for next season's season tickets.

There has also been disappointment at Newcastle being one of three Premier League clubs to have placed their non-playing staff on furlough.

News of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund being involved in a takeover first emerged in January.

At that stage talks were described as "advanced" but "complicated" and there was criticism of Saudi Arabia's human rights record from Amnesty International.

Staveley, who is believed to want a 10% stake in Newcastle, first attempted to buy the club in 2018.

Sports finance expert Kieran Maguire told BBC Sport: "These are steps you'd expect to take place in respect of a takeover, it seems that things have accelerated.

"The trouble with Mike Ashley is that until you see the final documents, it's never completed but the other parties would not waste their time like this unless there had been progress in terms of a takeover."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52284645

2017傾到宜家

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羅力亞:2017傾到宜家[表情]  (2020-04-15 02:05) 

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依家呢個時勢肥佬都冇得吊高黎賣啦
再唔賣分分鐘要倒貼落去

【Now Sports】沙特阿拉伯財團即將完成收購紐卡素，主事的英國女金融家艾曼達大有來頭，當年曾拒絕英國安德魯王子求婚。

沙特阿拉伯財團將以3億英鎊入主紐卡素，該財團的負責人艾曼達（Amanda Staveley）不但是一位成功的女金融家，還有一段不簡單的婚姻之路。英國《太陽報》報道指，她曾在2001年拒絕安德魯王子的求婚。

47歲的艾曼達於2001年認識安德魯王子，拍拖兩年後拒絕對方的求婚，原因是不希望過王室的生活。及至2011年，艾曼達與伊朗商人古度斯結婚，兩年後患上亨廷頓舞蹈症。

艾曼達出身富有家庭，父親羅拔是大地主。她讀書成績十分優異，只花一年就完成A-Levels課程，到16歲獲劍橋大學收錄，後來也成為成功的金融家。

國際特赦組織反對沙特財團入主紐卡素
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【Now新聞台】國際特赦致函英超賽會，促請介入沙特阿拉伯財團收購紐卡素一事，但英國數碼、文化、媒體及體育大臣杜永敦表示，政府將不會介入這宗交易。

沙特財團將會以3億英鎊買入紐卡素八成股份，成為紐卡素的新主人，但這單交易或者會出現變數。

交易正等待英超審議及通過之時，國際特赦組織致函英超，促請關注並阻止沙特財團收購紐卡素。組織的英國分部高層雅倫，在信中向英超行政總裁馬斯達斯表達對沙特過去在處理人權方面的手法感到憂慮。

她提到，有關沙特的人權狀況問題尚未得到解決，擔心一向擁有魅力、聲望的英超，好可能會被利用，去掩飾做一些不道德、有違國際人權法，甚至與英超，以至全世界足球社區價值觀相違背的活動。

信中又指，沙特王儲穆罕默德本薩勒曼過往意圖利用體育運動，去挽回沙特的聲譽。去年10月進入沙特後被殺的記者卡舒吉，有指是王儲直接指使殺人。

另外，以中東卡塔爾為總部，亦是英超海外轉播權最大合作夥伴beIN Sports，亦發信予所有英超球隊，表明不讚成有關交易。

不過，數碼、文化、媒體及體育大臣杜永敦表示，政府將不會介入這宗交易。至於沙特財團是否適合入主英超球隊，應交由英超賽會決定。

據報，沙特財團完成收購後，紐卡素領隊一職有意聘請曾經執教過AC米蘭及祖雲達斯的艾歷尼，或者熱刺前領隊普捷天奴。

今次睇怕係堅架啦喎

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BREAKING: Mauricio Pochettino is Newcastle’s prospective new owners’ number one choice to take charge at St James' Park and they are willing to pay him £19m a year.

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New legal documents raise fresh questions over Newcastle takeover deal

    - Questions over Saudi government’s link to BeoutQ platform
    - Delay expected to Premier League verdict over £300m deal

Mon 11 May 2020 18.53 BST

New legal documents have been passed to the Premier League during the past 24 hours that raise fresh questions about whether the controversial £300m Saudi Arabia-funded takeover of Newcastle United should get the go-ahead, the Guardian can reveal.

Premier League lawyers are understood to be reviewing information which is said to establish a firm link between the Saudi government and a homegrown pirate TV and streaming service which offers illegal access to sporting events – including English football, Wimbledon and the Six Nations – on the BeoutQ platform.

The new evidence means that any decision to approve the Newcastle takeover by a consortium involving Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund, Reuben Brothers and Amanda Staveley – which had been expected within days – is expected to be pushed back.

The Premier League will scrutinise the information to see whether it further calls into question whether the consortium passes its owners’ and directors’ test, which states that digital piracy is prohibited.

Newcastle’s prospective Saudi majority owners have denied any link to the BeoutQ piracy. The Premier League’s test says applicants must not provide “false, misleading or inaccurate information”.

Saudi Arabia has previously claimed BeoutQ originated in Cuba and Colombia. However in January the Gulf state was named in a European Commission report for its failure to crack down on the platform.

Fifa, Uefa, the Premier League and La Liga are among the sporting bodies that have attempted to take legal action to shut down the platform in Saudi Arabia, but nine local legal firms have declined to take on the copyright case.

Meanwhile Saudi Arabia remains on a US government “Priority Watch List” as one of the “notorious markets for counterfeiting and piracy”.

Recently BeIN’s chief executive, Yousef al-Obaidly, wrote to the Premier League and its clubs warning of the “danger of allowing the acquisition” given what he identified as Saudi Arabia’s direct role in BeoutQ’s “illegal actions and their direct impact upon the commercial interests of the Premier League”.

The president of La Liga, Javier Tebas, urged the Premier League to consider the “damage” that BeoutQ’s pirating of broadcasts had caused the sport before deciding on the Newcastle takeover.

Amnesty International has also asked the league to consider blocking the takeover because the fund is overseen by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, saying he has been involved in a “sweeping crackdown on human rights”.

The Premier League refused to comment when contacted by the Guardian. Sources close to the deal continue to maintain they remain “very hopeful” of a confirmation this week and claim Project Restart is the only possible delaying factor.

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唔覺唔覺Ashley都做咗十幾年卡數班主, 卡數一直都無好過.

當年同期利記比兩件利老闆買入, 衰到喊, 但好好彩捱咗3-4年之後Henry哥打救, 脫苦海. 紐卡數就冇咁好彩