rabbi grice 03 Jan 2009, 20:09
Lies from the Board (Thus Far)
"The caliber of player we want to bring in is someone with a lot of Premiership experience or Champions League experience and they are in short supply. We are at a stage where we don't want to just bring players in to add to the squad, we want players who are going to be in the first team."
Chris Mort 02/08/2007
"NEWCASTLE United have completed the signing of midfielder Danny Guthrie from Liverpool. The 21-year-old put pen to paper on a four-year contract at St. James' Park on Friday evening after the Magpies agreed a fee with the Reds."
NUFC 11/07/2008
"NEWCASTLE United have agreed a fee with FC Metz for France under-21 defender Sebastien Bassong."
NUFC 30/07/2008
"NEWCASTLE United have completed the signing of Spain under-21 striker Francisco "Xisco" Jimenez Tejada."
NUFC 01/09/2008
"The truth is that Newcastle could not sustain buying the Shevchenko's, Robinho's or the Berbatov's. These are recognised European footballers. They have played in the European leagues and everyone knows about them. They can be brilliant signings. But everybody knows that they are brilliant and so they, and players like them, cost more than £30 million to buy before you even take into account agent commissions and the multi-million pound wage deals. My plan and my strategy for Newcastle is different. It has to be. It takes time. It can't be done overnight. Newcastle has therefore set up an extensive scouting system. We look for young players, for players in foreign leagues who everyone does not know about. We try and stay ahead of the competition. We search high and low looking for value, for potential that we can bring on and for players who will allow Newcastle to compete at the very highest level but who don't cost the earth."
Mike Ashley 14/09/2008
"The team is going to need time to get things right and we're going to give them time to get it right. We will get it right eventually."
Chris Mort 07/12/2007
"Newcastle United has parted company with Sam Allardyce as its Manager with immediate effect."
NUFC 09/01/2008
"I am now a dad who can't take his kids to a football game on a Saturday because I am advised that we would be assaulted"
Mike Ashley 14/09/2008
"A number of groups came to the ground to carry out their lawful protest and I would like to praise those fans for the way in which they behaved."
Ch Supt Paul Weir, Northumbria Police's match commander 14/09/2008
"We gave no formal advice to Mr Ashley about not attending Saturday's game. It is not our place to do so."
Northumbria Police 16/09/2008
"This club had £100million-worth of debt which has now been cleared"
Chris Mort 07/05/2008
"I then poured another £110 million into the club not to pay off the debt but just to reduce it. The club is still in debt. Even worse than that, the club still owes millions of pounds in transfer fees."
Mike Ashley 14/09/2008
"Financially we're very sound. We don't owe a bean as far as the club are concerned"
Joe Kinnear 02/01/2009
"Arsenal is the shining example in England of a sustainable business model."
Mike Ashley 14/09/2008
"If I go into a job and someone says to me that you have a director of football who buys and sells the players, I accept or don't accept it. If I accept it, I cannot complain. I would personally not accept that"
Arsene Wenger 12/09/2008
"I'm here to help Kevin, bringing young players through and also recommend certain players to him. He'll say yes and no, he has the final word, no-one else. Everything that happens will be run past him. I'm not going to bring players in behind his back - I'm not into that."
Dennis Wise 01/02/2008
"We have started talking about who we will be bringing in and Kevin will have the final say"
Chris Mort 07/05/2008
"It is a fact that Kevin Keegan, as manager, had specific duties in that he was responsible for the training, coaching, selection and motivation of the Team. It is a fact that Kevin Keegan was allowed to manage his specific duties without any interference from any Board member. It is a fact that Kevin Keegan agreed only to deal with the media in relation to Club matters relating to the Team and not to communicate with the media in relation to the acquisition or disposal of players."
NUFC 06/09/2008
I understand investors are about to buy the club, Mike Ashley told me openly. I will be here for six to eight games. I am aware that the new owners have Kevin Keegan and possibly Alan Shearer parked around the corner.
Joe Kinnear 25/09/2008
"NEWCASTLE United have announced today that Joe Kinnear has signed a contract as manager until the end of the 2008/09 season."
NUFC 28/11/2008
"I am no longer prepared to subsidise Newcastle United. I am putting the club up for sale. You don't need to demonstrate against me again because I have got the message."
Mike Ashley 14/09/2008
"I have withdrawn Newcastle United from the market"
Mike Ashley 28/12/2008
"I gave you my word that as long as I remain owner, this club would continue to be run responsibly at all levels. I hope you will accept that I have stood by that pledge."
Mike Ashley 28/12/2008
Quote released when Newcastle where 2 points off the relegation places, halfway through the season
Joes the man to do the job. Hes my hero. Is he better than Capello? Definitely. We are going to be in Europe by the end of the season!
Mike Ashley 18/12/2008
Outcome pending