A lot of Newcastle United fans have responded to a post from NUFCcans that includes a link to BeIN SPORTS’ Twitter page that has a video of Richard Keys talking to Andy Gray about the proposed takeover of the Toon.
Newcastle United are currently in the middle of a takeover by Amanda Staveley’s Saudi-backed consortium, and there are claims that the Premier League have approved the deal and it will be announced on the 1st of June.
This might have triggered Keys’ rant as he bizarrely claimed that the government were both washing their hands of the situation and putting pressure on the Premier League to approve the takeover.
This has drawn a reaction from these Toon fans.
Do you listen to anything Keys says?
No
Yes
Remarkably, he’s claiming the government are both washing their hands of the deal and pressuring the Premier League to get it done, which they’re apparently not. Absolutely astonishing logic. https://t.co/LUE5aRg67E
— NUFCcans (@nufcfans) May 25, 2020
For someone who keeps saying he’s not gonna talk about Newcastle United etc he seems to talk a lot about Newcastle United. Thought he had bad sunburn at first then I realised it was a polo shirt #NUFC
— Rob Carter (@NUFC_Carter) May 25, 2020
Ignore him, your giving him anc bein the publicity they crave. They are both irrelevant dinosaurs of the game and bein is a foreign channel. We need to stop giving them the publicity!
— Chris (@majic8lsnufc) May 25, 2020
You can even see gray sitting there thinking he wished hairy hands would stop talking. ?. He wants nowt to do with that comment.
— ajf (@foxaj) May 25, 2020
Even Andy Gray isn’t convinced by Keys opinion and that sort of says it all.
— Jonny Young (@CreatorOfNoah) May 26, 2020
Their body language shows it’s all being forced, it is clearly read from a script. Total disgrace by someone who thought could stoop no lower. Keys saying Hold my Beer!
— Scottie Talks Sports (@scottiesports) May 25, 2020
Andy Gray looks embarrassed listening to this drivel.
— Sam (@Sam64195135) May 26, 2020
What do we think?
Gray looks baffled by the comments, so we are not surprised that many Toon fans are.
Keys has been against this takeover for a while now, even though it appears like it is a case of when not if for this takeover.
Therefore, this seems to be just a desperate last attempt from the BeIN Sports host to stop this takeover.