http://www.nufc-news.com NUFC News - All the latest news on Newcastle United Football Club Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:31:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Discuss any of our news items in the NUFC FORUM. You will need to REGISTER if you want to post. http://www.nufc-news.com/2008/10/35/ The latest to put there name on the NUFC buyers list is a Singapore based group with the ingenious name of "The Profitable Group". Obviously unaware of NUFC's cunning ability become somewhat un-profitable basic statements of interest have been made stating: "The Profitable Group can confirm that it has expressed an ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/06/group-interested-in-nufc-but-will-it-be-profitable/ Sebastien Bassong was in my opinion one of the best players we had last season. Becoming a regular in a seriously leaky defence and chalking some fantastic performances did him all the good. I did have doubts over whether he was an above average player in a poor defence but ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/06/bassong-looking-for-a-ticket-off-the-ship/ Its taken a week for Ashley to outline what he wants for the club set at £100m. Might be a lot you ask but as per the past blog maybe not as bad as a gamble as youd think. In an official statement by NUFC its stated you can apply ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/06/mike-ashley-names-his-price-100m-whip-round-aye/ According to the BBC  the impending saleof NUFC will take place by the end of June. Keith Harris of Seymour Pierce who were deignated to handle the seamless transfer, offered the following statement regarding the interested parties: "I'm confident there will be offers to consider in quite short order," "It's a decent guess ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/06/newcastle-sale-update/ Sky Sports are claiming that Newcaslte are the subject of take over talks it has emerged. With the value of Newcastle surely plummeting with our relegation there must be a plethora of vultures circling above. We all know Newcastle is a big club, not neccessarely a successful club but the ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/05/toon-up-for-sale-again/ Sir John Hall, the legend who led a micro revolution in the background of St James' has spoke out on his disgust at the current demise of the Toon. Known for his sharp talking he reffered to the club's relegated playing staff as "useless". "The table doesn't lie," he told The ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/05/super-sir-john-hallfat-freddy-put-the-boot-in-righfully/ Would it seem out of the question for Alan Shearer to dodge the BBC pundit bullet and sterr the Toon back into the premiership? I certainly hope so and press indications have began mooting that he maybe lured to the post on a 4 year deal. Im assuming there would ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/05/shearer-to-stay-on-in-toon-closed-doors-chats-afoot/ Mike Ashley has had to make yet anohter apologetic statement to the Geordie faithfull in less than a year. After the Keegan shambles the embarrasement of taking ages to neck a pint off (In my opinion) he blurbed this upon the world today: "Seeing Newcastle relegated has been a catastrophe for ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/05/mike-ashley-makes-a-statement-shame-its-been-on-the-lips-of-every-mag-all-season/ Steven Taylor has joined the ranks in support for the longer term role of Alan Shearer as manager and Michael owens current situation. He was interviewed by Sky Sports recently, exerts below: On beating the drop earlier if Shearer was in charge: "No chance, absolutely not. It's run properly now. It's a proper ... http://www.nufc-news.com/2009/05/steven-taylor-joins-the-shearer-wagon/