Newcastle United are for sale again.
It was announced on Monday that, after a decade in charge, owner Mike Ashley is ready to sell up.
Of course, it’s not the first time Ashley has put the club up for sale. He did the same following fan protests in September 2008, taking it off the market in the December. When Newcastle were relegated from the Premier League at the end of that season, he attempted to sell the club again, abandoning his attempts to sell up for a second time several months later.
This time, though, it seems the club really could be about to change hands. Completely ignoring the reports that financier Amanda Staveley is interested in buying them, many football fans reacted to the news by re-circulating rumours of a possible takeover by WWE CEO, VinceMcMahon.
https://twitter.com/zsqprfc/status/919957183613325312
McMahon was bizarrely linked with a move to buy Newcastle several years back, although nobody really seems to know where or how the rumour started up.
Predictably though, news that Ashley is once again awaiting offers has seen many tweet that McMahon may actually fancy becoming the new owner of the Northeast club.
I *still* live in hope that, one day, Vince McMahon will buy Newcastle United. https://t.co/U8g1f4PWeq
— Niall (@NiallAJT) October 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheMasterBucks/status/919970481758810117
Maybe Vince McMahon will be buying Newcastle again now…. 😁#nochanceinhell
— Michael Robinson (@mrpt86) October 16, 2017
Vince McMahon is going to buy Newcastle United.
— Reg🇯🇵 (@RegLFC91) October 16, 2017
I'd fucking love it if Vince McMahon bought Newcastle.
— Steve (@gilmxn) October 16, 2017
Mate imagine if Vince McMahon buys Newcastle 😂 pic.twitter.com/LN092VgBK7
— Jev (@ThomasJeavons) October 16, 2017
Remember when Vince McMahon wanted to buy Newcastle? @ProWrestlingMag https://t.co/LceEG8GI0t
— Kieran S. C. 🤘 (@SirKJohno) October 16, 2017
Hmm, could it actually happen?
No. Of course it can’t.
