“We’ve got the club back” was the most heard chant in the mad festivities of magpie fans after the sale of Newcastle to the Saudi consortium sponsored by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by Prince Mohammad bin Salman, ended the era of Mike Ashley, was confirmed. owner of the North of England emblem for 14 years, recently contested by the mass of associations.
You magpies clustered around St. James Park Stadium to celebrate, with plenty of beer mixed in, after confirmation of the €330m deal.
It will be Amanda Staveley, 48 years old businesswoman, known for her financial contacts with the Middle East, from now on chairing the club’s destinations in the city of the River Tyne, nominated, naturally, by the Saudi consortium that owns Newcastle.
On social networks there were also many enthusiastic reactions to the entry of fresh capital coming directly from the very rich coffers of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which holds a fortune estimated at 350 billion euros.
The former glory Alan Shearer, using the Twitter and other former players, in statements to television and newspapers, such as Lee Clark or Warren Barton but also current athletes, cases of Callum Wilson, Allan Saint-Maximin and Paul Dummett reacted with euphoria, emotion and enthusiasm to the news.
Dummett, 30-year-old Welsh left back, through the Twitter, took advantage of the moment to make fun of rival Sunderland, who competes in League 1, equivalent to Portuguese League 3 and, on Twitter, posted a photo of the fans of the neighboring club with their hands on their heads, as a sign of despair as when, for example , there is an incredible failure of a goal.
Already the former star Shearer said: “Yes! We can dare to dream again!”
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