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title: "Newcastle United: Takeover hopes potentially boosted as Nick De Marco wins Sheffield Wednesday case"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-takeover-hopes-potentially-boosted-as-nick-de-marco-wins-sheffield-wednesday-case/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2020-11-05T17:15:40Z"
modified: "2020-11-05T17:15:40Z"
---

# Newcastle United: Takeover hopes potentially boosted as Nick De Marco wins Sheffield Wednesday case

**The hopes of Newcastle United fans of a takeover being completed in the North East have potentially been boosted as lawyer Nick De Marco has won his case for Sheffield Wednesday.**

Confirming in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/nickdemarco_/status/1324066242865614848) in response to a [club statement](https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2020/november/club-statement/) made by the Owls, the lawyer helped the EFL Championship team get their points reduction reduced from 12 to just six, meaning that they have a much better chance of staying up in the division.

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De Marco has shown his skillset here by winning a tough legal battle, which may potentially boost the hopes of the St. James’ Park faithful if he represents them in a possible court case versus the Premier League.

### De Marco best in sports business

Indeed, De Marco has a very good reputation in the sports business industry, as those who work with him privately have [labelled](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/newcastle-united-magpies-representative-in-court-for-takeover-dispute-named-best-in-sports-business/) him as the best.

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He has also been [branded](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/newcastle-mark-douglas-relays-nick-de-marco-comments-takeover-court-case/) as ‘the Lionel Messi of sport law,’ which is clearly a high accolade and he has proven himself once again by assisting the winning of the legal battle with SWFC.

### Could De Marco make the Newcastle takeover a reality?

Supporters of the Toon Army should feel cautiously optimistic if De Marco is to represent the Magpies in a court case against the top flight over the failed £300m takeover by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabian (KSA) consortium.

He would be [representing](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/mark-douglas-takeover-update-pif/) Mike Ashley in court if the legal battle against the Premier League were to go ahead, which, given his reputation and track record, that should encourage NUFC fans.

[***In other news, find out what Ashley’s latest approach to the takeover is here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/newcastle-united-mike-ashleys-takeover-approach-revealed/)