Shay Given hopes any new owner for Newcastle United will have
the spending power to lift the club into the top echelons of
European football.
He said: "I have been there a long time now and I would class it
as my home. I have been there 11 and a half years or something, so
it's a big part of my life.
"At times like this, it's difficult. Because I've been there so
long, I feel a little bit how the fans feel. It's been so
frustrating.
"I've been through rough times at Newcastle, but this time with
the club up for sale and the management up in the air, it just
seems like the ultimate turmoil.
"As a player, it is easy to turn around and say, 'I want to
leave, I want to do this or that'.
"But I would love to see Newcastle really turn the corner.
Hopefully, this is as low as it's going to get and we will turn the
corner and things will pick up, the club will get sold and the
right people will come in to invest in the team.
"I think someone was quoted as saying things can turn bad
quickly, but they can turn really good quickly as well at
Newcastle.
"It can go on a bit of a rollercoaster and hopefully that will
be the case, and I would like to be part of that.
"I would like to win some things at Newcastle. I know at the
minute we are miles off that, but you look at the investors at
Manchester City and you know the money they are talking about
there.
"If we had someone similar, someone who is going to put money
into the team, then things can change in the blink of an eye."