Mike Ashley is seeking a Newcastle United buyer in Dubai.
The Evening Chronicle says Keith Harris, the man Ashley
hopes will find a buyer for United, is in Dubai talking to would-be
investors.
It is understood that Harris, chairman of investment bank
Seymour Pierce, is revisiting Gulf business magnates who Ashley
approached personally during a trip to Dubai last September.
Having reputedly demanded £400m-plus for the club back then,
Ashley would now readily accept a quarter of that figure.
But despite that – and while talk persists of rival interest in
United from neighbouring Oman – Harris may struggle once again to
find takers for the newly-relegated Magpies.
Everton top the list of Premier League clubs seen as a sound
potential purchase in Dubai, with Tottenham also attracting
interest and actively looking for investment in the Middle East.
Despite Newcastle’s high profile, the brutal fact is that they are
now a managerless Championship side facing a massive drop in
revenue.