A lot of Newcastle United fans have replied to a post from Lee Ryder that claims that Bellagraph Nova Group (BNG) have not advanced beyond talks with Mike Ashley’s legal teams and that their bid of £280m has not even been presented to the Toon’s owner yet.
The interest of BNG first emerged in August, and they made a bid of £280m and that led to Ashley not deeming the group to be serious as it was well below his valuation of the club.
In response to this, it appears as if the Bellagraph Nova Group have not upped their bid but insist that they are still in talks to buy the Toon from Ashley.
This has drawn the attention of these Newcastle fans who don’t believe this report.
Do you think this bid will go anywhere?
No, they are a bunch of timewasters
Yes, this could happen
No point wasting time on these fools.
— Phil Round (@round_phil) October 2, 2020
No one is taking them seriously. I wouldn’t bother reporting this.
— JonK (@TheHonestJohns) October 2, 2020
Fake news the lee ??
— gareth mason (@garethm14050404) October 2, 2020
Yeah its not real lee, stop playing with the fans
— Gbaz (@gbaznufc) October 2, 2020
Bellagraph Nova Group involved Michael Chopra in their first bid but never heard anything back from Ashley’s lawyers as he didn’t see them as serious bidders for the club.
It is hard to see why Ashley’s view would have changed if BNG is proposing the same amount of money as before.
This post continued to draw many Toon fans’ attention, with one even claiming he would rather be a Sunderland fan than have this group own Newcastle.
Are you serious?
— Mannakornið? (@JonJons13350525) October 2, 2020
I’d rather be a Sunderland fan than have Bellanova buy our club.
— Marco Gianetti (@blackwhite4life) October 2, 2020
It remains to be seen what happens with this bid, but the fact it hasn’t got past Ashley’s legal teams suggests that the Toon owner might not be that interested in the bid despite bold claims from Evangeline Shen from the group.
What is clear is that many Newcastle fans do not think that Bellagraph Nova Group is genuine and think that this is a load of rubbish.