Many Newcastle United fans have reacted to comments made by Amanda Staveley, the businesswoman leading the takeover bid.
As per ChronicleLive, moderator Manus Cranny could hear a ‘discernible change of tone’ in her voice when they talked about sport and chose to ask her why someone would want to invest in the game.
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She said that they are quite big football supporters in her family, both in terms of supporting clubs and as investors, and have been looking to buy assets in the Premier League for some time.
However, Staveley added that there is a difficulty in terms of totally different valuations, and as a private equity investor, you would look at quite moderate ones and then, suddenly, you are getting advisors saying that some of the big top flight teams are now trading at four or five times revenue. She claims that this is heavy, but they believe very much in investing in sport.
These members of the Toon faithful reacted to the comments on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/DavidTazGolf9/status/1257186225347342337
Oh Mandy, well
You came and you saved us from Ashley.
And now we’ll all sing Howay,
Oh, Mandy
Now we’re here, drinking cans while United.
And now we’ll all sing Howay,
Oh, Mandy! pic.twitter.com/AXHPBMnvku— Kieran #NUFC 🇮🇪 (@JokerNUFC) May 4, 2020
Good Northern lass. Fingers crossed.
— sheepshearernufc (@sheepshearernu1) May 4, 2020
#NUFC has the potential to reach heights not many clubs could achieve in 5 years time & that’s mainly down to the foundation of the fanbase. How many clubs get 52thousand in the championship #nufc #NUFCTakeover
— GeordieNation (@NE14STGeordie) May 4, 2020
Good
— Geoff Hall (@geoffjhall) May 4, 2020
I hope the takeover happens this week I only have this and next week left of doing school work from home and with this takeover happening I want it to be done so that I can enjoy my summer at home.
— SGC_Jose (@SgcJose) May 4, 2020
Newcastle fans, what are your thoughts on Staveley’s comments? Let us know below…
