Ananda Krishnan Has No Interest To Buy Newcastle United
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- Malaysian media-mogul Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan Wednesday denied recent media reports that he or companies owned by him had expressed interest in purchasing English football club Newcastle United.In a statement issued by Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd, a company owned by him, Ananda noted that there was no truth or foundation to the news reports."News reports were carried on July 5 and July 6 in various newspapers in Malaysia and Singapore that Mr Ananda Krishnan or companies owned by Mr Krishnan had expressed an interest in purchasing Newcastle United Football Club and that his representatives had been engaged in talks to explore or even conclude such a deal."There is in fact no truth or foundation to this story."Mr Krishnan has not expressed an interest in purchasing Newcastle United Football Club, has not sent any delegation to Newcastle to engage in such talks or authorised any representatives to negotiate on his behalf and is not considering any such purchase," the statement said.Earlier, the British media reported that a Malaysian consortium led by several well-known businessmen had put in a 80 million pound (RM456 million) bid to take control of Newscastle or 'The Magpies' from its owner Mike Ashley but they were bound by non-disclosure agreements.The Sun UK last Friday reported that 71-year-old Krishnan, is likely to close the deal and end sportswear tycoon Ashley's two-year ownership of the club.The daily reported that the deal was likely to be sealed at 95 million pounds, 40 million pounds less than what Ashley paid in 2007 to buy the club.-- BERNAMA
I wonder, if this news is TRUE, wow... we will see MAXIS logo in all The Magpies' jerseys, which is good to see, even Beer Chang had their logo used in some of the footie's club (lupa apa team tu). But, what happen to the local football scene? Nearly everyday at the news whining about the management & clubs problems. When this problem will be end? It is tiring to hear the same problems repeating like no ending. When the International club is coming, everyone excited and even sanggup beli tiket berganda2 mahal few months earlier. If the local get the same support, maybe the scene would be better. Who knows, maybe 2nd 'Mokhtar Dahari' is out there. Just wait & see la...
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