A lot of Newcastle United fans have replied to a tweet from Craig Hope that includes his view on the proposed takeover of the Toon.
The Daily Mail reporter claims that there are still two hurdles remaining for Amanda Staveley’s Saudi-backed consortium to take Newcastle from Mike Ashley.
These are approval from the Premier League and the transfer of funds; he also claims that a decision is not expected until next week at the earliest.
Hope was then asked if anything had changed, and he believes that everything is the same as it was several weeks ago.
This new update has not gone down well with many Toon fans who are either confused or angry.
Do you believe Hope's claim?
No
Yes
Appears Sheff U development has nothing to do with NUFC. But re takeover, latest message is nothing expected until next week at earliest. Two hurdles left 1) PL approval 2) transfer funds. Those close to deal expect no issues with either but are placing no timeframe on completion https://t.co/i4cgLmBLwE
— Craig Hope (@CraigHope_DM) May 21, 2020
Sick of hearing imminent, no red flags and next week
— Tom Paine ™ (@TPaine04) May 21, 2020
Next week…brilliant.
— Dell ? (@agbnufc) May 21, 2020
The same 2 hurdles we’ve had all along then……great
— METZ117 (@METZ117) May 21, 2020
So nothings changed then ?
— Matthew Stephen Hurst (@1990msh1) May 21, 2020
#cans in the bin. Out of date ?
— MarkyMark Rowley (@markymarkkoast) May 21, 2020
So everything is the same
— Ginkoh_NUFC (@Ginkohro) May 22, 2020
Maybe I’m mistaken but isn’t that the line since, what, the second week of April? pic.twitter.com/U4BMk2wnkO
— Alvin Lee (@ToonAngel2) May 21, 2020
What do we think?
Hope claims that he is only going off what he has been told but reports in The Sun and, on the Forbes Middle East website, claim that the Premier League have granted their approval, and the takeover is done.
The piece in The Sun even claims that the deal will be officially announced on the 1st of June.
Hope, however, seems less optimistic than that – so it will be interesting to see what happens.