Same old Toon: The waiting game for Newcastle fans rumbles on

Mike Ashley was so convinced his 13-year reign was finally at an end, he instructed his communications team to draft a statement to confirm as much, with £300m (€335m) reasons to remember his time on Tyneside rather more fondly than any Newcastle supporter ever will.

Amanda Staveley fronts the Saudi fund which is bidding to take over from Mike Ashley as the new owners of Newcastle United.

And still the wait goes on.